Asana

Asana

Principal Software Engineer, Asana Platform

New York City · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$366k-$380kDetected 19 days ago
Distributed SystemsPlatform EngineeringAgentic AILeadershipCollaborationMentoring

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61Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role90
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.

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H-1B wage level

the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry

Level IV · 4×
Level I$109,8451 entry
Level II$137,7172 entries
Level III$165,5893 entries
Level IV$193,4614 entries

This range already reaches Level IV — the maximum four lottery entries.

DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.

Employer immigration record

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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 10 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card follow-through: 82%

Of 17 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 3 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 486 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Files H-1B transfers

8 transfer filings in the last year, covering 8 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.

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About the role

  • This role is based in our New York office with an office-centric hybrid schedule.
  • The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
  • Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays.

Responsibilities

  • 12+ years building production software, including years spent setting technical direction across a large organization or several
  • You communicate at every level of a company, from a design review with engineers to a strategy discussion with executives, and translate between technical and business language in both directions
  • Career coaching & support

Requirements

  • Deep experience with distributed systems and with large, shared data models, including the performance and reliability work of running them for enterprise customers
  • Experience with multi-tenant enterprise SaaS, and with security and data governance for AI systems, is a plus

Skills

  • Represent Asana's platform engineering externally through talks and writing, and bring senior engineers in the door

Compensation

  • Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission.

Benefits

  • Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
  • Inclusive family building benefits
  • Long-term savings or retirement plans

Company info

  • 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.
  • With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong.
  • We believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive.
  • Our goal is to ensure that Asana upholds an environment where all people feel that they are respected and valued, whether they are applying for an open position or working at the company.
  • Join Asana's Talent Network to stay up to date on job opportunities and life at Asana.
  • We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.
  • You have led at least one major replatforming or migration in a system that could not stop serving customers while it changed

This listing is sourced directly from Asana's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.