Introduction

Disco's Engineering Career Framework lays out the expectations and responsibilities for each role within the engineering team, along with corresponding compensation levels. The framework is intended to:

provide a clear pathway for engineers to grow and advance within the company;
set clear, reasonable expectations for the performance of engineers at different levels;
improve pay equity and transparency within the company;
help minimise bias when promoting or hiring engineers;
provide clear expectations to candidates during the recruitment process and reduce friction caused by salary negotiation.

Engineers review the framework on a regular basis with their lead as a tool to help map our career progression and identify skills to focus on.

You can learn more about the motivations for development the framework, the research undertake to develop the framework, and the principles behind it on the ‣ project page.

Overview

The following diagram provides a high-level view of the framework:

Overview of Disco's Engineering Career Framework. Edit here.

Levels

The framework consists of six levels, ranging from IC1 (someone just starting out in their development career) to IC6 / TL6 (experienced engineers capable of building and leading complex systems and teams).