Work management software for teams and AI agents. Plan, automate, and execute critical workflows together. Backed by a16z and Founders Fund.
About the role
LunaDb is Asana’s core reactive data loading platform, powering our GraphQL-like query model to deliver instantaneous updates across web, mobile, and external API platforms at a scale of billions of daily queries. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Data Loading Infrastructure team, you will lead the next chapter of LunaDb by driving stack modernization, challenging architectural assumptions, and building dependable, highly available distributed services. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 7+ years of software engineering experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed backend services
- 2+ years of experience building and scaling high-throughput data pipelines, relational/non-relational data stores, and realtime streaming systems
- Proven track record of operating mission-critical production systems and maintaining high reliability standards
- Demonstrated technical leadership in setting architectural direction, driving cross-team consensus, and mentoring senior engineers
- Deep architectural judgment with the ability to articulate trade-offs clearly to both engineering peers and cross-functional partners
- Practical expertise with Kubernetes, distributed caching technologies (such as Redis), and cloud-native infrastructure design
More about this role
LunaDb is Asana’s core reactive data loading platform, powering our GraphQL-like query model to deliver instantaneous updates across web, mobile, and external API platforms at a scale of billions of daily queries. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Data Loading Infrastructure team, you will lead the next chapter of LunaDb by driving stack modernization, challenging architectural assumptions, and building dependable, highly available distributed services. You will set technical direction, improve workload isolation and query performance, and partner closely with product engineering teams to ensure Asana remains fast, reliable, and scalable as we expand platform capabilities.
This role is based in our San Francisco 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.
- Define and execute a technical roadmap that improves scalability, reliability, developer...
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