# Staff Software Engineer, Data Loading Infrastructure at Asana

- Company: Asana
- What the company does: Work management software for teams and AI agents. Plan, automate, and execute critical workflows together. Backed by a16z and Founders Fund.
- Company website: https://asana.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $248K to $282K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-19
- Apply by: 2026-12-03
- Apply: https://www.asana.com/jobs/apply/8226969?gh_jid=8226969&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/asana-staff-software-engineer-data-loading-infrastructure/

## 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

Tags: Foundations Engineering

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