Senior Staff Engineer, AI
Core
Define technical vision and architecture for Asana's AI organization, including AI platform, agent systems, and orchestration layers to enable AI features for enterprise teams.
Role type
Senior Staff Software Engineer (AI Strategy & Architecture)
Builds
AI platform, agent runtime/orchestration, context/memory systems, and reliable LLM inference infrastructure for enterprise scale.
Domain
Enterprise SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Technical leadership across organizational boundaries, LLM and machine learning system design, distributed systems reliability, architecture decision-making, cross-functional partnership, strategic initiative leadership, mentorship of senior engineers, external technical representation.
Preferred skills
Multi-tenant enterprise SaaS experience, AI security and data governance, building vs buying strategy.
Technologies
Foundation models, agent frameworks, LLM inference, retrieval systems, evaluation methods.
Responsibilities
Define technical vision and architecture for the AI organization; partner with Product, Design, and Security to deliver trusted enterprise AI features; lead strategic initiatives like agent orchestration and cost-efficient inference; set standards for AI quality evaluation and monitoring; make high-stakes decisions on model and vendor strategy; mentor staff and senior engineers; represent AI engineering work externally.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope
