roles

Primary Role:

Manages engineers and delivery for one team

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Senior EM/Director

Decision Making Authority:

Team-level hiring and performance decisions

Stratigic Planning

Contributes to quarterly planning

Team Management:

Manages 5–10 engineers

Meeting Involvment:

Leadership + sprint reviews

Project Management:

Oversees team roadmap execution

Communication:

Cross-functional with Product

Professional Development:

→ Senior EM

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

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