Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Experience
$248k - $282k • New York City
Posted 4d ago
Job Location
New York City
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
Asana is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to enhance our AI developer experience, enabling engineers to boost their productivity with AI. You will be instrumental in shaping the technical direction and developing advanced AI-powered tools for editors, IDEs, CLIs, code review, and coding agents. This role is based in our New York City office and follows an office-centric hybrid schedule, with specific in-office days outlined during the interview process.
Responsibilities
- Design and build AI-augmented workflows and systems to help coding agents understand codebases and enable faster software development.
- Design and scale autonomous cloud agents for complex engineering tasks to reduce toil.
- Build and refine IDE, editor, and CLI integrations for intuitive AI-assisted development.
- Create reusable agent skills, tools, context, and integrations for broader team use.
- Improve AI-assisted code review workflows for faster, higher-quality feedback.
- Drive adoption of AI developer tools through usability improvements, measurement, documentation, and enablement.
- Set technical direction for the team, balancing experimentation with reliability and maintainability.
- Partner cross-functionally to understand engineering needs and scale high-impact solutions.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years leading complex technical projects.
- Experience building developer tools, internal platforms, infrastructure, IDE/editor integrations, CLIs, or workflow automation.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools or extending coding agents.
- Experience building evaluation and quality frameworks for AI-generated outputs.
- Strong technical judgment and systems design skills, with the ability to make pragmatic tradeoffs.
- Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them.
Benefits
- Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
- Career coaching & support
- Inclusive family building benefits
- Long-term savings or retirement plans
- In-office culinary options