Senior Staff Software Engineer

We’re hiring a Sr. Staff+ Engineer into our Enterprise team to lead cross-organizational initiatives to enable Asana to successfully support mult-product mode, including administration systems, API frameworks & integrations, and permissions & sharing models. We focus on building these enterprise-scale capabilities while preserving the craft and user delight that defines a consumer-grade product experience. Our work directly impacts how the world's largest organizations leverage Asana to transform their productivity and achieve ambitious goals, ensuring that powerful enterprise functionality doesn't compromise the intuitive, beautiful experiences that make Asana special.

This role is based in our Vancouver office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.

What you’ll achieve

• Shape the technical strategy and decision-making across the Enterprise team, and ensure alignment with business objectives and cross-team collaboration.
• Mentor and grow multiple senior engineers through individual coaching and technical workshops, helping them develop skills in technical strategy, system design, and decision-making.
• Tackle complex technical challenges spanning multiple programs, particularly in areas like permissions architecture, compliance systems, data administration, developer ecosystem.
• Partner closely with Product and Design leaders to ensure technical considerations like performance, scalability, and engineering velocity are thoughtfully integrated into product decisions.
• Champion technical excellence and best practices across the Enterprise team, evolving principles, patterns, AI tooling usage and processes to help teams ship quickly while maintaining high standards and consumer-grade user experience quality.
• Handle technical escalations involving senior leadership, facilitate resolutions for complex disagreements and technical trade-offs impacting multiple teams or long-term architecture.
• Design system boundaries and ownership models empowering team autonomy while ensuring cohesive technical architecture across enterprise-focused features and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with external partners including strategic vendors, enterprise customers, and technical partners, representing Asana's technical capabilities while building valuable relationships.

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