Client Engineering
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Entry: Client Software EngineerIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Client Software Engineer InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Client Software EngineerIC1
- Client Software EngineerIC2
- Senior Client Software EngineerIC3
- Staff Client Software EngineerIC4
- Principal Client Software EngineerIC5
- Senior Principal Client Software EngineerIC6
- Distinguished Client Software EngineerIC7
- Fellow, Client EngineeringIC8
Management route
Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.
This family has no management ladder.
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