Software Engineering Management

Individual contributor route

Technical or professional depth, without managing people.

This family has no individual-contributor ladder.

Management route

Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.

1. Supervisor / Team Lead, Software EngineeringM0Optional frontline layer
2. Manager, Software EngineeringM1
3. Senior Manager, Software EngineeringM2
4. Director, Software EngineeringM3
5. Senior Director, Software EngineeringM4
6. AVP / Head of Software EngineeringM5Optional executive layer
7. Vice President, Software EngineeringM6
8. Senior Vice President, Software EngineeringM7