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Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security

Software Engineer • Senior • On-site • Full-time United States San Francisco, USA

Asana's new Security Development team proactively eliminates entire classes of security risk by engineering the core libraries, platforms, and frameworks that provide secure guardrails across Asana. This Senior Software Engineer builds preventative controls at scale, focusing on platforms and frameworks that eradicate systemic risks rather than acting as a gatekeeper.

Stack

AWS

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain secure-by-default frameworks, libraries, and platforms to eliminate entire classes of vulnerabilities
  • Engineer and improve core security services: access control frameworks, secrets management infrastructure, AWS permissions systems
  • Develop and own the platform for vulnerability remediation, building tooling that empowers engineering teams
  • Partner with product and infrastructure teams to architect foundational security controls (cloud networking, compute infrastructure)
  • Advise product teams on securing projects across design, development, launch, and incident phases
  • Influence engineering initiatives through design reviews and communicating security principles

Requirements

  • 4+ years of full-time professional software development experience with large codebases
  • Proven software engineering experience building platforms, libraries, or core infrastructure
  • Strong interest or direct experience in security engineering, focused on preventative controls
  • Expertise in programming and computer science fundamentals
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure and services, particularly AWS
  • Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration
  • Proactive mindset toward eliminating systemic risks, not just individual bugs
  • Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies

Soft skills

ProactivityCommunicationCross-functional collaborationSystems thinking

What we offer

  • Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
  • Career coaching & 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 worldwide. Asana follows an office-centric hybrid culture with 13+ offices around the world.

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