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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

Senior Software Engineer, Development Infrastructure

Asana Reykjavík Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

1,300,000 ISK - 1,500,000 ISK

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Description

The Development Infrastructure team at Asana builds the tooling and systems that engineers use every day to bring their ideas to production quickly and reliably. We're looking for an experienced Software Engineer with a passion for developer infrastructure to work with a world-class team on deploying and operating existing developer tooling, and building new tools to support our global, growing development team.

You will have a unique opportunity to design and develop the systems and applications that drive the Asana development experience, lead complex technical projects, and work on cross-functional initiatives to help define the future of software engineering at Asana.

What you'll achieve

  • Innovate the architecture of our development sandboxes to accelerate development iteration.
  • Modernize our build system, tighten iteration loops, and polish frequent cycles in the developer experience.
  • Lead complex developer infrastructure projects from technical design through implementation, rollout, and operation.
  • Partner with engineering teams to identify opportunities to enable teams to develop faster at Asana and help the company achieve our goals faster.
  • Analyze complex developer infrastructure systems to uncover issues, root causes, and areas for improvement.
  • Keep Asana up to date on open-source trends and identify new opportunities for improved development infrastructure.
  • Champion code quality and solid engineering practices, setting a standard through example, technical guidance, and infrastructure that promotes best practices.
  • Write clean, maintainable code, striving to leave systems in a better state than you found them.
  • Collaborate with a world-class engineering team to build reliable and intuitive infrastructure for developers across Asana.

About you

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally backend- or infrastructure-focused, working in large, well-maintained codebases and shipping production systems.
  • Familiarity with build tooling and automated testing, with an interest in distributed systems.
  • Ability to learn quickly and transition seamlessly between different areas of a complex codebase and infrastructure stack.
  • Excellent communication skills for collaborating with other teams and driving alignment across technical stakeholders.
  • Sound autonomous judgment when balancing moving quickly with eliminating risks and building reliable, scalable, performant, and long-term maintainable systems.
  • Curious about AI-assisted engineering tools and emerging technologies, with an interest in using them thoughtfully to improve productivity.
  • Experience designing, building, or operating infrastructure on AWS or another major cloud platform is a plus.

What we'll offer

  • Estimated monthly base salary range: 1,300,000 ISK - 1,500,000 ISK
  • Comprehensive compensation package, including equity, sales incentive pay, and benefits
  • Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
  • Career coaching & support
  • Inclusive family building benefits
  • Long-term savings or retirement plans
  • In-office culinary options

Skills

Required

Nice to have

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/asana/jobs/8121619

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