Full-Time

Staff Software Engineer

Admin Area

Posted on 9/28/2024

Asana

Asana

1,001-5,000 employees

Work management software for task organization

Consumer Software
Enterprise Software

Compensation Overview

CA$211k - CA$269kAnnually

+ Equity + Sales Incentive Pay

Senior

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Hybrid schedule with in-office presence required on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Data Structures & Algorithms
Requirements
  • 5+ years of software development experience with 2+ years mentoring/coaching other engineers on impactful software projects.
  • Experience working in ambiguous and complex technical spaces and creating clarity and alignment with partners and stakeholders.
  • Have a track record of designing and implementing solutions to complex business problems. You have skillfully influenced and got buy-in from stakeholders and other teams to adopt/implement these solutions.
  • Comfortable and autonomously debugging and fixing tricky issues in various parts of the software stack, particularly on the backend.
  • Have a strong breath of knowledge of software concepts and design patterns that you can comfortably apply to make technical solutions scalable and robust.
  • Excited about mentoring and coaching teammates and stakeholders and contributing to leveling the team.
  • Experience driving projects of medium to large complexity.
  • You have a continuous improvement mindset and are never satisfied with the status quo, whether it's about the architecture, the code or the team's processes.
Responsibilities
  • Work in a high-performance, dynamic team with a strong focus on velocity and software quality.
  • Contribute to building a complex SaaS application that is a market leader in its segment.
  • Work closely with Product Managers and Engineers to create simple and scalable technical solutions that have a strong impact on the application’s architecture and design.
  • Drive technical strategies that cross over other team surfaces and align with such teams and stakeholders to get buy-in and implement such strategies.
  • Be exposed to Asana’s core infrastructure, particularly how data is represented, stored and deleted in the storage layer.
  • Put to practice your strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms and scalability patterns in various technical aspects of the platform such as working with asynchronous jobs and efficiently traversing the Asana Work Graph.
  • Work with legal to implement data ownership rules, requiring simple and effective technical solutions to make this process easy and clear to customers.
  • Drive large, impactful projects, delivering features that will be rolled out and used in large organizations.

Asana is a digital platform that helps organizations improve productivity and efficiency by managing work tasks. It allows teams to organize, assign, and track tasks, providing a clear overview of responsibilities and deadlines. This structure enables teams to collaborate more effectively and complete projects on time. Asana operates on a subscription model, where users pay a monthly or annual fee to access features like task management, project planning, and real-time progress insights. The platform integrates with over 200 other work tools, making it adaptable to various workflows. Asana also offers support for data migration to help teams transition smoothly to the platform. Its focus on customer support and comprehensive functionality sets it apart from competitors, with the goal of helping teams work together more efficiently and deliver high-quality results.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$403.1M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2008

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

24%

2 year growth

51%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Strategic partnerships, like with Datacom, expand Asana's market reach and integration capabilities.
  • The appointment of Sonalee Parekh as CFO may bring fresh financial strategies to Asana.
  • Growing demand for AI-driven productivity tools boosts Asana's market potential.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from AI tools like Microsoft's Team Copilot challenges Asana's market position.
  • Generative AI's rise may shift work management platform utilization, impacting Asana's model.
  • Trackxi's real estate workflow optimization presents niche competition to Asana.

What makes Asana unique

  • Asana offers over 200 integrations with popular work tools, enhancing workflow flexibility.
  • The platform provides real-time insights into task progress, improving team productivity.
  • Asana's no-code AI tool allows users to design AI agents, enhancing task automation.

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