roles

Primary Role:

High-leverage IC solving cross-team technical problems

Reporting Relations:

Reports to EM/Director

Decision Making Authority:

Architecture decisions across teams

Stratigic Planning

Influences technical roadmap

Team Management:

None; mentors engineers

Meeting Involvment:

Design authority in technical reviews

Project Management:

Leads cross-team initiatives

Communication:

Communicates with senior engineering leadership

Professional Development:

→ Principal Engineer / Architect

Primary Role:

Manages multiple teams or complex org slice

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Director

Decision Making Authority:

Hiring + budget input

Stratigic Planning

Drives org-level planning

Team Management:

Manages EMs or multiple teams

Meeting Involvment:

Department leadership forums

Project Management:

Oversees multi-team delivery

Communication:

Executive-facing updates

Professional Development:

→ Director

Primary Role:

Leads technical execution for a single team

Reporting Relations:

Reports to EM

Decision Making Authority:

Day-to-day technical decisions

Stratigic Planning

Translates roadmap into implementation plan

Team Management:

None formally

Meeting Involvment:

Leads technical discussions

Project Management:

Owns delivery coordination

Communication:

Primary technical voice for team

Professional Development:

→ Staff Engineer / TLM