Software Engineer, APIs

At Asana, we believe AI represents the future of work, and APIs are at the heart of how AI connects with the tools where work happens. As a Software Engineer on our API & Developer Platform team in Vancouver, you will help make our developer platform come to life for AI, designing intuitive and secure interfaces while partnering with other product teams to enable new features. We own the gateways that enable data flow into and out of Asana, whether via our public API or our MCP server that enables LLMs to take action in response to natural language. If you care deeply about building an agentic future for the enterprise and working on high-performing engineering teams, then we’d love to hear from you!

This role is based in our Vancouver office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.

What you’ll achieve

• Own the guidelines for what good API design looks like, partnering with product engineering teams to enable them to implement those best practices in a self-serve manner.
• Partner with Product Management, Design, Data Science, and User Research to deeply understand developer needs and propose elegant solutions to address them.
• Develop across the entire stack in Scala and TypeScript to continuously optimize developer and AI agent experiences.
• Develop clean, maintainable code, proactively leaving systems and frameworks better than you found them.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to influence the roadmap for our developer platform and agent ecosystems.

About you

• 3+ years of experience working in large, complex codebases.
• 1+ years of experience building public-facing API products or developer platforms.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for partnering effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to learn quickly and comfortably transition between different areas of a large codebase.
• Deep appreciation for productivity and a passion for helping teams—including your own—collaborate more effectively and efficiently.
• Excitement to contribute to an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work.
• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.

At Asana, we're committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

What we’ll offer

Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit.

For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $146,000 - $162,000 CAD. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified.

In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles)…