Senior Backend Software Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Asana, you will design, develop, and operate services and frameworks that power the Asana product. You will work with a world‑class engineering team in a hybrid office‑centric environment.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and iterate on frameworks that influence all aspects of the Asana product.
• Partner with other engineering teams to enable faster development and help achieve company goals.
• Analyze complex systems to uncover issues, root causes and areas of improvement.
• Champion code quality and best practices through example and frameworks.
• Develop new APIs that balance usability with capability for Asana’s feature‑rich web application.

Required profile

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience in large, well‑maintained codebases.
• Ability to learn quickly and transition between different areas of a complex codebase.
• Strong autonomous judgment balancing speed and long‑term maintainable code.
• Interest in AI tools and emerging technologies.

Required skills

• React/GraphQL ecosystem familiarity.
• TypeScript (preferred).

What we offer

• Competitive monthly base salary between 1 200 000 ISK and 1 500 000 ISK.
• Equity and additional compensation components.
• Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits.
• Career coaching & support.
• Inclusive family building benefits.
• Long‑term savings or retirement plans.
• In‑office culinary options.