Senior Engineering Manager, AI Agents

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead and grow the Agent Orchestration team (~6 senior engineers, ICs up to L6), setting technical direction for connecting Asana's AI agents to the broader enterprise ecosystem
• ▹Drive the architecture and execution of agent skills, deep integrations, and vertical use cases for AI Teammates
• ▹Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to define and execute roadmap priorities
• ▹Drive alignment across AI teams on shared infrastructure, APIs, and patterns for agent development
• ▹Improve team delivery pace, champion engineering velocity, and drive AI coding adoption
• ▹Attract, retain, and develop exceptional senior engineering talent
• ▹Flex into org-level engineering leadership work across the broader Asana AI group

Requirements

• ▹8+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years managing technical teams
• ▹Genuine interest and passion for applied AI, large language models, and agentic systems
• ▹Strong systems integration and platform-building experience across diverse environments
• ▹Proven ability to set technical direction and drive alignment across multiple teams on shared infrastructure
• ▹Demonstrated ability to attract, develop, and retain senior engineering talent
• ▹Comfortable with ambiguity, thriving in zero-to-one product environments
• ▹Effective cross-functional collaborator with Product, Design, Data Science, and peer engineering teams

Nice to have

• ▹Applied AI experience in production environments, moving beyond demos to reliable deployments
• ▹Familiarity with agent capability patterns: skill acquisition systems, tool integration frameworks, dynamic capability routing
• ▹Understanding of emerging protocols (e.g., MCP, A2A) for standardizing agent-to-tool and agent-to-agent interaction
• ▹Track record of driving engineering velocity improvements and AI coding tool adoption
• ▹Experience building deep integrations across enterprise platforms (Slack, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, etc.)
• ▹Experience with production observability and evaluation frameworks for AI systems

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Estimated base salary: CAD $238,000–$270,000 per year
• ▹Equity
• ▹Mental health, wellness and fitness benefits
• ▹Career coaching and support
• ▹Inclusive family-building benefits
• ▹Long-term savings or retirement plans
• ▹In-office culinary options catering to dietary preferences

About the company

Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration used by millions of teams to achieve their goals faster. Asana AI is the company's top priority, and Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces list for 7+ years.