Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Senior Software Engineer, AI Chat

Asana

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to define the backend foundations for Asana’s next-generation AI chat products. Chat Platform owns the intelligence and shared infrastructure behind the conversation—from tool selection and evaluation to observability and product enablement APIs—so teams across Asana can ship fast without rebuilding the same systems. The Infrastructure team builds the foundation that supports our web and mobile applications and our robust API. We build and operate the software that enables Asana’s security, scalability, and speed. Each day, we combine industry best practices and innovation to support this product-focused company. If you like working on shared abstractions, hard product-quality problems, and fast-moving AI systems, this role sits at that intersection. 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 you partner with. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements. WHAT YOU’LL ACHIEVE * Design, build, and evolve the backend platform that enables chat- and agent-powered product experiences across Asana, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and extensibility. * Build shared APIs, services, and abstractions that help product teams ship chat experiences more quickly and consistently without re-solving the same infrastructure problems. * Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and peer AI engineering teams to translate product needs into durable platform capabilities and pragmatic technical roadmaps. * Improve the performance, observability, and operational quality of systems that support enterprise-grade chat experiences, including areas like latency, availability, state management, and debugging. Raise the effectiveness of the team by mentoring other engineers, improving technical design and planning practices, and proactively identifying opportunities to simplify systems and increase engineering leverage. Develop Asana’s AI Evaluation platform, applying frontier practices in agent evaluation to ensure our AI products are reliable, accurate, and high-performing. ABOUT YOU * Demonstrates fluency with AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making. * 5+ years of full-time professional software development experience, including experience owning and delivering medium-to-large technical projects. * Strong backend engineering fundamentals and experience building reliable, maintainable distributed systems in production. * Proven ability to navigate complex architectural boundaries and collaborate cross-functionally with Infrastructure and Frontend teams. Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where you are defining a new category of Work Management. * Strong instincts for production quality, including observability, testing, rollout safety, performance, and operational excellence. Lead with ownership and initiative: you identify ambiguity, propose practical paths forward, and help teams make steady progress through changing requirements. At Asana, we're committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply. WHAT WE’LL OFFER Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit. For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $176,000 - $200,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified. In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role. We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include: * Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits * Career coaching & support * Inclusive family building benefits * Long-term savings or retirement plans * In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role. #LI-Hybrid About us Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly. With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong. Join Asana’s Talent Network to stay up to date on job opportunities and life at Asana.

Senior Software Engineer, Consumption Based Billing & Licensing

Asana

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Consumption Based Billing & Licensing (CBBL) team to build the systems that decide what customers can access, what they’ve purchased, and what they’ve used. The CBBL team owns the infrastructure behind licensing, entitlements, and usage-based billing for Asana’s newest products, ensuring customers receive the right features while providing admins with clear management tools. As part of the wider Frameworks organization, you will build powerful, easy-to-use building blocks that empower other Asana engineers to craft exceptional user experiences through core infrastructure APIs. You will solve hard technical challenges around usage tracking and billing accuracy that directly impact Asana's revenue and scalability. 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 * Design, build, and operate the high-leverage backend systems that power Asana's licensing and consumption-based billing infrastructure. * Own complex features end-to-end, from initial problem framing and technical design through launch and global iteration. * Architect and improve critical systems for access control, usage tracking, and automated license assignment to ensure a seamless admin experience. Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, Finance, and other engineering teams to turn ambiguous business needs into reliable, shipped solutions. * Drive technical excellence across the codebase through strategic refactors, robust testing, and instrumentation that improves operational health. * Magnify your impact by raising the bar for the team through thoughtful code reviews, design docs, and daily mentorship. ABOUT YOU * Strong experience building production-grade software with a focus on backend distributed systems, APIs, and complex data modeling. * Proven ability to take ambiguous architectural problems and translate them into clear, actionable technical plans. * Experience owning large-scale projects that involve multiple stakeholders and complex technical dependencies. Strong debugging and operational instincts, especially when working on revenue-critical or customer-facing systems. * A collaborative communicator who enjoys working across functions to solve enterprise platform challenges. * Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making. * Interest in monetization, licensing, billing, or enterprise platform systems.   Preferred Qualifications * Experience with billing, payments, entitlements, or SaaS monetization. * Familiarity with usage-based or consumption-based pricing models. * Experience building admin tools or customer-facing operational dashboards. * Background in platform, backend, or distributed systems work. * Experience improving reliability, correctness, or migration safety. WHAT WE’LL OFFER Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit. For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $176,000 - $200,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified. In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role. We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include: * Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits * Career coaching & support * Inclusive family building benefits * Long-term savings or retirement plans In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences #LI-Hybrid About us Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly. With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong. Join Asana’s Talent Network to stay up to date on job opportunities and life at Asana.

Senior Software Engineer, Payment Platform

Asana

The Payment Platform Team powers Asana’s subscription, billing, and payment infrastructure — the systems responsible for processing all revenue and enabling how we monetize the product. Our mission is to enable engineering teams to safely and rapidly build on billing capabilities, while empowering business teams to launch and iterate on pricing and packaging strategies. Our work sits at the intersection of every major revenue lever at Asana — from incentives that drive user growth, to the product catalogue that defines how we package and sell, to the core billing systems through which every dollar of revenue flows. This gives the team a unique opportunity to directly influence both product strategy and business outcomes. Engineers on this team have the opportunity to shape architecture, reliability, and long-term scalability of revenue-critical systems. 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 * Design, build, and maintain backend services using Scala and gRPC within a modern microservices architecture to support Asana’s global growth. * Own features end-to-end, from initial problem definition and design to implementation, launch, and iteration. Lead large, cross-team initiatives from ambiguous problem spaces to execution, driving key architectural decisions for revenue-critical systems. * Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders in Product, Design, Finance, and partner engineering teams to deliver high-impact monetization solutions. * Ensure systems are reliable, scalable, and performant, specifically focusing on evolving cell-based distributed architectures. * Mentor fellow engineers and contribute to a high-performing technical culture by participating in design and code reviews. ABOUT YOU * Strong experience building and scaling backend or full-stack systems, ideally with distributed systems or complex data models. * Proven ability to take full ownership of technical problems and drive them to resolution across the entire stack. * Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to influence both engineering and non-engineering partners. * Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making. * Experience with (or a strong interest in) billing, payments, or financial systems and cloud infrastructure like Kubernetes. Thrives in an environment where you can evolve cell-based architectures, sharded systems, or multi-tenant distributed systems. WHAT WE’LL OFFER Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit. For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $176,000 - $200,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity and benefits. We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include: * Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits * Career coaching & support * Inclusive family building benefits * Long-term savings or retirement plans * In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences #LI-Hybrid #LI-HC1 About us Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly. With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong. Join Asana’s Talent Network to stay up to date on job opportunities and life at Asana.