Asana · 4 hours ago
Frontend Engineer, Design System
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$171K/yr - $209K/yr
2+ years expAsana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration, and they are seeking a Frontend Engineer for their Design System team. The role focuses on building flexible UI components, collaborating cross-functionally, and empowering product engineers to enhance the design system for better efficiency and quality.
CollaborationEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSoftwareTask Management
Responsibilities
Build Core Primitives: Develop flexible UI primitives like Stacks (layout) and Drawers that solve longstanding pains and allow product engineers to write less CSS
Co-create Cross-Functionally: Move beyond traditional hand-offs by collaborating daily with designers, product managers, and data scientists. You will work to understand intent, navigate tradeoffs, and build consensus on solutions that touch every team
Deepen Frontend Craft: Grow into a frontend expert by learning from engineers who operate at scale. You will learn Advanced React, TypeScript, and CSS architecture, balancing velocity with quality through incremental, stress-tested rollouts
Empower the Organization: Support and teach product engineers across Asana. You will contribute to documentation and best practices, ensuring teams can effectively leverage the design system to ship features independently
Scale Systems: Design component APIs that scale across hundreds of engineers and millions of users. While frontend-focused, you will collaborate with backend engineers when needed to ensure full-stack feature success
Qualification
Required
2+ years of software development experience with a deep interest in modern frontend web technology (TypeScript, React & Sass/CSS)
Are motivated by systems thinking and want to learn how to build APIs that serve the entire engineering organization
Value cross-functional partnership, preferring to collaborate with designers, PMs, and engineers to define problems rather than just implementing specs
Have a growth mindset and are eager to learn from those around you, while sharing your own growing expertise to help others improve
Enjoy teaching and mentoring. You are excited about helping others succeed and establishing patterns that scale
Want to ship with confidence, ensuring high reliability, accessibility, and inclusive design standards in everything you build
Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making
Benefits
Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
Career coaching & support
Inclusive family building benefits
Long-term savings or retirement plans
In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences
Company
Asana
Asana is a software company that specializes in the fields of work management, productivity, team goals, and project execution.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$453.2MKey Investors
Silicon Valley BankManhattan Venture Partners (MVP)Generation Investment Management
2020-09-30IPO
2020-08-15Undisclosed
2020-06-08Debt Financing· $200M
Leadership Team
Dan Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Dustin Moskovitz
CEO & Co-Founder
Recent News
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