Tech Lead, Adoption

At Asana, Tech Leads are responsible for the team’s execution, technical culture and quality, and long-term engineering strategy. They take on complex projects, lead the work of several ICs, partner with cross‑functional and cross‑organizational stakeholders, and often mentor team members in technical design and project leadership.

We’re looking for an experienced technical leader to join as a Tech Lead on the new Value Discovery Team which is a part of our Adoption Group. This team is focused on helping new users discover the full value of our collaborative software during their first moments in Asana. This team will move quickly, building zero‑to‑one product experiences that make it easier for users to explore, understand, and adopt the product — turning curiosity into long‑term engagement.

As Tech Lead for the team, you’ll instill a culture of high velocity that drives business impact. You’ll set the technical strategy and help build critical new experiences for users who are experiencing Asana for the first time. You’ll partner closely with other technical leads and engineering managers to ensure there is a high quality, extensible, onboarding and trial experience for our customers.

You’ll be an invaluable mentor to other engineers and have a great intuition for when to prototype and when to build durable solutions.

Asana is helping teams in 195 countries become significantly more productive with our leading work‑management platform. You will be manifesting continuous improvements of their experience and helping us achieve our mission to enable all teams to work together effortlessly. We’re looking for outstanding people anywhere to help us innovate and scale, and we offer relocation.

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.

• Own technical design and project execution for the team, delegating this work to other engineers on the team when appropriate
• Mentor engineers on the team through activities like pairing and code reviews to promote a culture of technical excellence
• Make hands‑on engineering contributions to Asana’s core product with a focus on overcoming tricky technical challenges and modeling practices that improve quality and velocity
• Partner with Product Management, Design, and Engineering Management to define the team’s upcoming projects and long‑term strategy
• Collaborate with other leads across Asana to steward a coordinated technical strategy

• 5+ years of experience working in large codebases
• 1+ years of experience leading a complex project end‑to‑end, or in a tech lead or team lead role
• Practiced at owning and delegating technical design decisions
• Experience working cross‑functionally with stakeholders and PM/Design partners to define requirements, make tradeoffs, and align on long‑term plans
• Deep care for fostering collaboration and psychological safety among team members
• Appreciate productivity and care deeply about helping teams collaborate more effectively and efficiently, including your own
• Excited to be a part of an inclusive culture where everyone brings their whole selves to work
• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision‑making.

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.

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…