P2P2 — Developing Professional
Developing Platform Engineer (Intermediate)
Takes on work of increasing complexity with moderate supervision, can own small platform features or improvements end-to-end.
What this level means
Early-career professional; developing skills, handles routine tasks with some independence
- Scope
- Defined deliverables / small features
- Autonomy
- General supervision; reviewed at milestones
- Complexity
- Some non-routine problems; applies established patterns
- Impact
- Own and immediate-team deliverables
- Decision rights
- Routine technical choices within guidance
- Leadership
- May guide interns
- Typical experience
- 1–3 yrs
What you'd do
- Setting up a new CI pipeline
- Writing automation scripts
- Managing cloud resources
- Owning small platform features
- Implementing improvements
- Conducting code reviews
- Collaborating on project planning
- Troubleshooting platform issues
- Participating in team meetings
- Set up CI pipelines
- Write automation scripts
- Manage cloud resources
Skills, knowledge & tools
- CI pipeline setup
- Automation scripting
- Cloud resource management
- Feature ownership
- Code review
- Project planning
- Problem-solving
- Collaboration
- CI/CD processes
- Automation tools
- Cloud platforms
- Platform improvement strategies
- Code review practices
- Project management techniques
- Troubleshooting methodologies
- Collaboration tools
- Moderate proficiency in platform technologies
- Independent scripting
- Problem-solving
- Project management
- Collaboration
- Analytical thinking
- Innovation
- Adaptability
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- Experience with platform technologies
- Strong problem-solving skills
Common titles
Developing Platform Engineer
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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