Asana is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the AI Retrieval team. You will build systems that power Asana's AI features by finding relevant work graph content and enabling smart, responsive AI. You'll tackle challenging problems to improve speed, cost-efficiency, and quality while expanding capabilities.
What You'll Do
- Reduce the latency and cost of our retrieval system, making Asana's AI features faster and more efficient
- Improve the quality and relevance of search results to help users find exactly what they need
- Expand the retrieval system's capabilities to query new Asana objects and third-party data sources
- Build and optimize search infrastructure using OpenSearch/ElasticSearch
- Contribute to ML-powered features like embeddings-based retrieval and semantic search
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners in New York City while building strong relationships with your Warsaw-based peers
What We're Looking For
- 6+ years of experience writing code in a production environment
- Curiosity about how AI and technology can solve problems and a desire to use it regularly in your work
- Hands-on experience in search engineering, including with OpenSearch or ElasticSearch
- Experience with embeddings and machine learning approaches to search and retrieval
Nice to Have
- Experience in an Applied AI role is a plus
Technical Stack
- OpenSearch
- ElasticSearch
Team & Environment
You will join the AI Retrieval team, collaborating closely with cross-functional partners.
Benefits & Compensation
- Generous, transparent and fair compensation system (base salary and RSUs)
- Contract of Employment (and the option of 50% tax deductible costs for author’s rights usage in respect of applicable roles)
- Health insurance with dental and travel coverage (Lux Med)
- Breakfast and lunch catering on the days that you work from the office
- Vacation allowance
- Career growth budget
- Home office setup budget
- Gym/Fitness card
- Fertility healthcare and family-forming support with Carrot
- Mental Health Support in Modern Health
- Group life insurance
- MacBooks with all necessary accessories
- Compensation: 29,000 - 36,833 PLN gross per month + equity (RSUs)
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Warsaw, Poland.
Asana is committed to building multi-dimensional teams that reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences.





