Tech Lead

Owner of the system—balance of hands-on development, architecture, and production support.

Role also known as dev lead; the tech lead owns the system and balances hands-on development, architecture knowledge, and production support.

LevelSeniorPosition
4YesTL4 - Tech Lead 4
5YesTL5 - Tech Lead 5
6YesTL6 - Tech Lead 6
7YesTL7 - Tech Lead 7

TL4 - Tech Lead 4

  • Specializes: is the go-to person for one or more technologies and takes initiative to learn new ones
  • Owns: owns the production operation and monitoring of the system and is aware of its SLAs
  • Coordinates: coordinates team members providing effective feedback and moderating discussions
  • Adjusts: adjusts the team processes, listening to feedback and guiding the team through the changes
  • Subsystem: makes an impact on one or more subsystems or team pods

TL5 - Tech Lead 5

  • Evangelizes: researches, creates proofs of concept and introduces new technologies to the team
  • Evolves: evolves the architecture to support future requirements and defines its SLAs
  • Coordinates: coordinates team members providing effective feedback and moderating discussions
  • Defines: defines the right processes for the team's maturity level, balancing agility and discipline
  • Team: makes an impact on the whole team, not just on specific parts of it

TL6 - Tech Lead 6

  • Masters: has very deep knowledge about the whole technology stack of the system
  • Leads: leads the technical excellence of the system and creates plans to mitigate outages
  • Coordinates: coordinates team members providing effective feedback and moderating discussions
  • Defines: defines the right processes for the team's maturity level, balancing agility and discipline
  • Multiple Teams: makes an impact not only on the whole team but also on other teams

TL7 - Tech Lead 7

  • Masters: has very deep knowledge about the whole technology stack of the system
  • Leads: leads the technical excellence of the system and creates plans to mitigate outages
  • Coordinates: coordinates team members providing effective feedback and moderating discussions
  • Defines: defines the right processes for the team's maturity level, balancing agility and discipline
  • Company: makes an impact on the whole tech organization

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