Job brief: Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Experience

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Asana's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (4 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens asana.com, the address Asana's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $248,000 to $282,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: New York City
• Posted: 2026-06-08 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years of experience leading complex technical projects across teams.
• 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.

Conditions

• This role is based in our New York City office with an office-centric hybrid schedule.
• The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
• If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.
• In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences

Main duties

• Design and build AI-augmented workflows and systems that help coding agents understand the codebase, follow engineering practices, and enable Asana engineers…
• Design and scale autonomous cloud agents that take on complex, multi-step engineering tasks to reduce toil and enable engineers to focus on higher-leverage w…
• Build and refine IDE, editor, and CLI integrations that make AI-assisted development feel intuitive in engineers' daily work.
• Create reusable agent skills, tools, context, and integrations that teams across Asana can build on rather than reinvent.
• Improve AI-assisted code review workflows so engineers get faster, higher-quality feedback before and during review.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs in New York, NY: $217k a year (216 listings, 24 employers). This listing is 22% higher.
• Across Asana's 47 open listings, 28% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Asana hires

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