Software Engineer, AI
- Salary
- $146,000 - $162,000
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- Hybrid · Vancouver
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Open. First seen 24 October 2026.
About the role
We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our growing AI organization in Vancouver. Asana is pioneering a new category of technology as the human-agent operating system, doubling down on our AI Suite to turn manual work into scalable, intelligent systems. We are hiring software engineers across several of our core AI teams, ranging from the platform foundations and runtime infrastructure powering autonomous agents, to the trust, evaluation, and observability systems that ensure safety and governance, to the high-impact product surfaces enabling users to build and run AI-orchestrated workflows.
Because we are hiring for multiple teams, you will interview through a centralized interview process, and we will undergo a team matching process at the end.
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
- Own the end-to-end implementation of small-to-medium features and services that power intelligent collaboration and agentic automation across Asana.
- Write clean, modular, and well-tested code across our stack while evaluating trade-offs between latency, cost, and reliability when integrating modern foundation models, prompt pipelines, and workflow orchestration logic.
- Proactively maintain and improve Areas of Responsibility (AoRs), monitor production pipelines, participate in team on-call rotations, and diagnose complex bugs across asynchronous or distributed systems.
- Break down feature specifications into clear engineering milestones, provide accurate technical estimates, and reliably execute to advance the adoption of the AI Suite.
- Elevate code quality, advocate for test coverage and technical debt remediation, and conduct thoughtful and rigorous code reviews for your peers.
About you
- Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production code in modern distributed architectures, web services, or data-intensive systems.
- Strong command of software design fundamentals, testing practices, and data structures, paired with experience or curiosity in working with LLMs, prompt pipelines, vector databases, or agentic frameworks.
- Demonstrated ability to take a technical specification, evaluate trade-offs, seek feedback on risky or complex changes early, and ship to production with minimal oversight.
- High bar for code health, writing well-structured, maintainable, and self-documenting code with comprehensive test plans and logical PR breakdowns.
- Experience collaborating closely with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, and fellow engineers while communicating progress clearly and surfacing blockers early.
Asana's standard text
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 $146,000-$162,000. 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.
Asana's standard text
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.
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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.
Asana's standard text
We believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive. Our goal is to ensure that Asana upholds an environment where all people feel that they are respected and valued, whether they are applying for an open position or working at the company. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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The team: Product Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 16 open in Product Engineering. 12 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in April: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
LLM (7 of 16), Scala (4 of 16), TypeScript (4 of 16), JavaScript (3 of 16), Machine Learning (3 of 16), OpenSearch (3 of 16), Elasticsearch (2 of 16)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Software Engineer, AI posted Oct 23
- Engineering Manager, Client Management posted Oct 22
- Staff Software Engineer, Query and Access Control posted Oct 19
- Software Engineer - AI Teammates Platform posted Oct 14
- Engineering Group Lead, Mobile posted Oct 13
- Software Engineer, AI Teammates Experience posted Oct 8
- Senior Software Engineer posted Oct 8
- Fullstack Engineer posted Oct 8
- Senior Staff Engineer, AI posted Oct 6
- Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Software-Focused) posted Oct 6
- Staff Software Engineer, AI Teammates posted Sep 28
- Staff Software Engineer, AI posted Jun 3
- Senior Software Engineer, AI Retrieval posted Jun 3
- Software Engineer, Product posted May 29
- Technical Lead, API posted Apr 2
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