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:

Designs technical solutions for customers or enterprise clients

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Eng/CTO/Sales Eng

Decision Making Authority:

Technical design authority for implementations

Stratigic Planning

Limited internal strategy; supports GTM strategy

Team Management:

None

Meeting Involvment:

Client meetings + pre-sales calls

Project Management:

Oversees solution implementation

Communication:

Customer + sales communication

Professional Development:

→ Principal Architect

Primary Role:

Defines large-scale system architecture and standards

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Director/VP

Decision Making Authority:

Sets architectural patterns and standards

Stratigic Planning

Long-term platform planning

Team Management:

None

Meeting Involvment:

Architecture councils + exec reviews

Project Management:

Oversees platform evolution

Communication:

Senior technical communication

Professional Development:

→ Distinguished Engineer