This job ladder exposes all roles inside IWD dev team, and define the goals, expectations and responsibilities of each role. To climb this ladder you will know what to do: Constant progression, being involved and meeting your individual objectives.

However, some implicit expectations are not specified in the roles:

• Being involved into code reviews
• Communicating, seeking help when stuck
• Being a "team player"

• Entry-level experience requirement: ~0–2 years
• Report: Lead Engineer
• Goals:
  • Work on features, with guidance
  • Manage bugs & hotfixes
  • Write tests, with guidance
  • Participate to review teammates work
  • Focus on growing as an engineer developer
  • Learn one aspect of the technical stack
  • Learn to deliver on-time

• Entry-level experience requirement: ~2–4 years
• Report: Lead Engineer
• Goals:
  • Work on features, with minimal guidance
  • Write tests, with minimal guidance
  • Review & Approve teammates work
  • Master one aspect of his project technical stack
  • Deliver on-time
  • Learn domain / business skills

• Entry-level experience requirement: ~4–7 years
• Report: Lead Engineer
• Goals:
  • Work on epics, with minimal guidance
  • Work on features, without guidance
  • Write tests, without guidance
  • Master his project technical stack
  • Expert in one technology
  • Expert in one large area of the codebase
  • Mentor Engineer I
  • Focus on developing domain / business skills

• Entry-level experience requirement: ~5–10 years
• Report: Lead Engineer
• Goals:
  • Work on epics, without guidance
  • Expert in more than one technology
  • Expert in many areas of the codebase
  • Mentor Engineer II & Senior Engineer I
  • Take initiatives to find and qualify structural issues
  • Manage technical backlog with Lead Engineer
  • Know, Define, Challenge, Evangelize best practices, processes and documentation
  • Expert in domain / business skills

• Entry-level experience requirement: ~10+ years
• Report: Engineering Director
• Goals:
  • Lead a Squad team (see definition above)
    • Supervise project's development, deadlines, rollout & support
    • Provide guidance to transversal subjects
    • Manage technical backlog
    • Report Squad/project status to Engineering Director
    • Involved in hiring process
    • Mentor Senior Engineer I & II
    • Listen and guide debates to help the squad reaching a consensus
    • Product Owner main contact
  • Technical stack owner
    • Technological watch
    • Challenge his squad proposals
    • Identify risks & justify choices
  • Master in domain / business skills

• Entry-level experience requirement: ~10+ years
• Report: CTO/CPO
• Goals:
  • Work closely with the CTO to make the company’s vision actionable
  • Manage Engineer team
  • Plan & Manage recruitment alongside business goals
  • Have a global vision of products technical solution / OPS
  • Define & Organize development workflow processes, culture
  • Help teams to remove bottlenecks, improve velocity, resolve conflicts
  • Ensure operational support organisation across products
  • Manage & report budget

• Entry-level experience requirement: ~10+ years
• Report: CEO
• Goals:
  • Work closely with the Engineering Director to make the company’s vision actionable
  • Manage Product team & Engineering Director
  • Define Product strategy
  • Roadmap definition
  • Organize and manage high priority projects
  • Steering group member

• In IC track, each role includes previous role responsibilities.
• Number of years of experience are indication only: skills and professional maturity are taken into account
• Squad team - A Squad team is an autonomous group of individual contributors, lead by a Product Owner and a Lead Engineer, working on business project.