Staff Software Engineer, AI at Asana

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• 📊 4 Software Engineer jobs in Poland in the last 60 days see them
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Updated 2026-11-01, from our data and official sources.

About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design and build scalable retrieval systems that feed LLMs with relevant Asana and third‑party content.
- Reduce latency and cost of retrieval pipelines while improving result relevance and quality.
- Expand retrieval capabilities to new Asana objects and external data sources.
- Implement and optimize search infrastructure using OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
- Contribute to ML-powered features (embeddings-based retrieval, semantic search) and validate KPIs.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams in Warsaw and NYC to integrate features into product flows.

Requirements:
- 6+ years of production software engineering experience.
- Hands‑on experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch and search engineering best practices.
- Experience with embeddings and ML approaches to retrieval and semantic search.
- Familiarity with performance optimization, cost tradeoffs, and scalable systems design.
- Curiosity about AI tools and ability to collaborate across distributed teams; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

As a Staff Software Engineer on the AI Retrieval team, you’ll build the systems that power Asana's AI features by enabling fast, cost-efficient retrieval. You’ll reduce latency, improve the relevance of search results, and expand capabilities to new data sources, while building and optimizing search infrastructure using OpenSearch/Elasticsearch and contributing to embeddings-based retrieval and semantic search. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional partners in New York City and Warsaw to deliver scalable AI-powered search capabilities.

Requirements

6+ years of production software experience. Hands-on experience in search engineering (OpenSearch/Elasticsearch) and embeddings/ML approaches to search; Applied AI experience is a plus.

Key skills

• OpenSearch — in 25 other listings on The Stack
• Elasticsearch — in 44 other listings on The Stack
• embeddings — in 6 other listings on The Stack
• semantic search — in 6 other listings on The Stack
• retrieval systems — in 2 other listings on The Stack
• search engineering — not in any other listing on The Stack
• ML-powered features — not in any other listing on The Stack
• embeddings-based retrieval — not in any other listing on The Stack
• AI tooling
• data sources integration
• production software development
• cross-functional collaboration

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-01)

• This is Asana's only listing on The Stack.
• 18 visa-sponsored jobs in Poland on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 163 visa-sponsored software engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

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Is this Staff Software Engineer, AI role still open?

It was posted on 2026-10-31 and is listed as active on The Stack. Confirm on Asana's application page before applying.

Does Asana offer visa sponsorship?

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Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as Warsaw, PL, Poland. It is marked on-site.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, embeddings, semantic search, retrieval systems, search engineering, ML-powered features, embeddings-based retrieval, AI tooling, data sources integration, production software development, cross-functional collaboration.