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:

Hybrid manager and technical leader

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Director

Decision Making Authority:

People + technical decisions

Stratigic Planning

Contributes to org planning

Team Management:

Manages 5–8 engineers

Meeting Involvment:

Facilitates roadmap & execution reviews

Project Management:

Oversees sprint + roadmap execution

Communication:

Cross-functional leadership

Professional Development:

→ Senior EM / Director