Technical Lead, API

Overview

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.

Asana’s API team owns the gateways that enable data flow into and out of Asana, whether via the public API used to build new apps and agents or our MCP server that enables LLMs to take action in response to natural language.

We’re looking for a staff-level Technical Lead to drive execution and technical vision for our developer platform.

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
• Set the technical strategy for the API platform within Asana and advocate for engineering-driven investments, with a vision for keeping our systems flexible and maintainable.
• Drive the team to continually and holistically better itself, enabling the engineers around you to deliver at a high velocity while helping them grow their skills in the process.
• Be a key collaborator with other groups in Engineering and a technical counterpart to the API team’s Engineering Manager, serving as a public face for API engineering and representing our interests across team boundaries.
• Partner with Product Management, Design, Data Science, and User Research to deeply understand developer and agentic needs, and then propose elegant solutions to meet them.
• Own and shape the guidelines for what good API design looks like, partnering with product engineering teams to help them implement those best practices in a self-serve manner.
• Develop across the entire stack to make developers’ experiences better by writing clean, beautiful code and leaving things better than you found them: this includes writing Scala, Javascript, and Typescript.

About you

• 6+ years of experience working in large codebases.
• 2+ years leading engineering teams.
• 1+ years building public-facing API products or Developer Platforms.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and delegation skills.
• Quick learner and comfortable transitioning between different contexts and codebases, enabling you to jump in and rapidly unblock teammates facing thorny obstacles.
• Deep project management experience including high-level timeline planning, risk mitigation, stakeholder management, and coordinating the work of others.
• Passionate about mentoring engineers at all skill levels; able to identify technical growth opportunities and deliver thoughtful, candid feedback.
• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.
• Excited to be a part of an inclusive culture where everyone brings the aspects of themselves to the workplace that they need to thrive, fostering an environment of psychological safety within your team.
• At Asana, we’re committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills; 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, benefits, and growth opportunities reflect our commitment to supporting our employees.

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