Role Overview
We're looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer who brings strong software engineering skills and a deep understanding of production systems. This role is a good fit for someone who enjoys building systems that make infrastructure more scalable, reliable, and easy to operate – using code, not runbooks.
You'll work with a highly collaborative team to design and build the internal platforms that power all of Asana, from product features to AI systems to offline analytics. Our tech stack includes: AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), MySQL (RDS), OpenSearch, DynamoDB, Redis, Terraform, Datadog, TypeScript, Scala, Go, and Python.
We’re especially interested in people who think like backend engineers but care deeply about systems – things like failure modes, operational cost, debuggability, and performance.
Responsibilities
- Design and build frameworks, tools, and services that improve the reliability, observability, and scalability of Asana’s infrastructure.
- Lead end-to-end projects, from scoping and design through to rollout, across multiple systems and teams.
- Improve the operability of stateful infrastructure like MySQL, OpenSearch, and DynamoDB – and help drive Asana’s long-term vision for storage reliability.
- Debug production issues across the stack. Yes, there’s an on-call rotation – but this isn’t a pager monkey role. You’re here to fix things properly and make sure they don’t break again.
- Partner with product teams to shape a service-oriented architecture that enables fast, reliable development.
- Share knowledge through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship.
About Asana
Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly.
Why this role?
- Founding team: You’ll be one of the first SREs in Warsaw – and a key player in a growing team.
- Drive real change: This isn’t a role where you’ll just patch up legacy systems. We are expecting (and supporting) real architectural changes to improve reliability, scalability, and long-term operability.
- Big impact: Our product is scaling fast, and reliability is a top company priority.
- Room to grow: As this team grows, so will your influence – whether you want to lead projects, mentor others, or help shape how we scale.
- Global collaboration: Work closely with experienced engineers in San Francisco, Reykjavik, and Warsaw, while helping build the future of SRE at Asana.
Benefits
- Generous, transparent and fair compensation system (base salary and generous Restricted Stock Unit for Asana Inc.).
- Contract of Employment (UoP) with 50% tax deductible costs for author’s rights usage for Engineers.
- Health insurance with dental and travel coverage (Lux Med).
- Lunch catering on the days that you work from the office.
- Career growth budget.
- Home office setup budget.
- Gym/Fitness reimbursement.
- Fertility healthcare and family-forming support with Carrot.
- Mental health support in Modern Health.
- Group life insurance.
- MacBooks with all necessary accessories.
- Estimated base salary range is between 31,000 - 36,000 PLN gross monthly.
About you
- Strong software engineering background – you’re comfortable writing production code and designing systems (we use Go, Python, Scala, TypeScript).
- 7+ years of experience building and operating backend systems at scale.
- Familiarity with distributed systems and storage technologies (SQL, NoSQL, Search), especially in cloud environments.
- Experience with AWS services (e.g. RDS, EKS, IAM), Terraform, and monitoring tooling like Datadog or similar.
- Solid understanding of SRE principles (e.g. SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, incident response), but you approach reliability as a software problem first.
- Clear communicator and strong collaborator – you're comfortable navigating trade-offs with stakeholders across the stack.
- Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.
