Developer Productivity Engineering
Deep technical IC
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Entry: Developer Productivity EngineerIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Developer Productivity Engineer InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Developer Productivity EngineerIC1
- Developer Productivity EngineerIC2
- Senior Developer Productivity EngineerIC3
- Staff Developer Productivity EngineerIC4
- Principal Developer Productivity EngineerIC5
- Senior Principal Developer Productivity EngineerIC6
- Distinguished Developer Productivity EngineerIC7
- Fellow, Developer Productivity 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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