Director of Engineering, AI Agents

Asana is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead and scale its flagship AI Teammates Pillar within the Core/AI Organization. Reporting directly to the Head of Engineering, AI & AWM, the Director oversees four key teams: AI Teammates Platform (AITP), AI Teammates Experience (AITX), AI Chat Experience, and Agent Orchestration. The role drives the end-to-end strategy, execution, and architecture defining how humans and AI collaborate in Asana, turning frontier LLM capabilities into trusted, reliable, high-value product workflows for enterprise customers. Hybrid in San Francisco, CA. Salary: $306,000–$360,000 USD.

• Proven Leadership Experience: 8+ years of software engineering experience with 4+ years leading multiple engineering teams or managers, with a track record of driving multi-team strategy and delivering complex production systems. • AI & Agentic Systems Expertise: Deep understanding of applied AI, LLM evaluation frameworks, agent/tool orchestration, Model Context Protocol (MCP), proactivity models, and production observability. • Systems & Product Engineering Mastery: Experience spanning backend/systems reliability, complex full-stack product interfaces, and enterprise governance/permissions models operating at scale. • Strategic Trade-off & Risk Management: Proven ability to balance short-term customer deliverables with long-term architectural investments and navigate ambiguity over multiple quarters. • Excellence in People & Organizational Growth: Demonstrated commitment to attracting, hiring, and mentoring senior engineers and managers.