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Staff Engineer (Tech Lead) - Login & Signup

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The Product Engineering team is dedicated to building features end-to-end, from designing robust data models to implementing subtle interaction behaviors that distinguish good software from great software. We closely collaborate with UI designers and are bolstered by our infrastructure team, aiming to delight users with both large new features and smaller, daily product enhancements—leveraging our continuous deployment architecture. You will join a team striving to create a superlative user experience, down to the finest details.

Joining our Vancouver-based team as a tech lead for the Login & Signup team, you will empower admins to manage their Asana deployment with the necessary compliance settings and controls specific to their company. This team ensures smooth user registration and secure authentication, catering particularly to enterprise account needs, such as single sign-on with Identity Providers like Okta, OneLogin, and Google SSO, along with multi-factor authentication. As part of a full-stack team, you will be working with a tech stack that includes TypeScript/React and some Scala. Together, you will aim to deliver a seamless domain setup experience for a variety of company types, aligning with the latest security standards and regulations.

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

  • Lead a product engineering team, fostering technical rigor while balancing execution speed with quality.
  • Advocate for engineering investments that maintain system flexibility and adaptability to customer needs.
  • Inspire ongoing holistic improvements within the team, enabling high-velocity delivery while nurturing teammates' skills.
  • Employ cross-functional collaboration, partnering with Product Management, Design, Data Science, Customer Support, and User Research.
  • Make significant individual contributions by working across the entire stack, developing in Scala, JavaScript, and TypeScript.

About you

  • Extensive experience of 5+ years in software engineering with a background in leading product engineering teams.
  • Proficient in managing projects that are full-stack, involving both front-end and back-end web application code.
  • Ability to quickly transition between contexts and codebases to assist teammates in overcoming obstacles.
  • Extensive project management skills, including high-level timeline planning, risk mitigation, and stakeholder management.
  • Passionate about mentoring engineers across skill levels and providing valuable technical feedback for growth.

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 $211,000 CAD - $269,000 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), and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include:

  • 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 

These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

About us

Asana helps teams orchestrate their work, from small projects to strategic initiatives. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named a Top 10 Best Workplace for 5 years in a row, is Fortune's #1 Best Workplace in the Bay Area, and one of Glassdoor’s and Inc.’s Best Places to Work. After spending more than a year physically distanced, Team Asana is safely and mindfully returning to in-person collaboration, incorporating flexibility that adds hybrid elements to our office-centric culture. With 11+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong. 

We believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive, and building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company is core to our mission. Our goal is to ensure that Asana upholds an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued, whether they are applying for an open position or working at the company. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also comply with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and similar laws in other locations.

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