About the position
The Infrastructure team builds the foundation we need to support our web and mobile applications, as well as our robust API. We build and operate the software that enables Asana’s security, scalability, and speed. Each day, we combine industry best-practices and innovation to support this product-focused company. We’re looking for an experienced infrastructure engineer to solve challenging scaling problems in our problem space. You will help us ensure high availability and performance as we support higher throughput from ever-larger customers. This role is based in our San Francisco office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. Along with most Asanas, you’ll work from this office in person on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays. If you're interviewing for this role, your Talent Acquisition Partner will share more about the in-office requirements.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement reliable, performant, and scalable distributed systems
- Lead large projects with other backend engineers through all stages of development, from design and implementation to deployment and iteration
- Mentor other engineers on a team of 6-8 on topics such as system design principles
- Collaborate closely with other infrastructure teams at Asana
- Support framework and product engineers to build new product functionality at scale, quickly
- Ensure high customer trust by participating in an on-call rotation for our team’s services
Requirements
- 5+ years of engineering experience building and operating reliable backend services
- 2+ years of experience building and scaling high-volume storage/online data systems (e.g. databases)
- 2+ years experience in operating highly available, user-facing production services
- Have a passion for mentoring other engineers to help them create and maintain production-quality infrastructure
- Skilled at communicating technical concepts and constraints to cross-functional partners in product and sale
- Familiar with service and container orchestration technologies like Terraform and Kubernetes
- Demonstrated curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making
Benefits
- Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
- Career coaching & support
- Inclusive family building benefits
- Long-term savings or retirement plans
- In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences
