JobFrame · SOFTWA.SOFTWARE984E.P5
Software Engineering
P5 · P5 — Expert Professional · Individual contributor
Median pay · United States
$138,423
$108,743 – $176,203 · USD · annual · national base (function pricing in review)
Level position
P5 · 5 of 7 in track
Median pay
$138,423
$108,743–$176,203
Level
P5
P5 · 5 of 7 in track
Super-function
technology
Demand-heat
cool
15.8% growth
Summary
Designs, builds, tests, and maintains production software systems through coding, debugging, architecture, and technical decision-making. Distinct from sibling focuses such as QA/Test Engineering (validation-centric), DevOps/SRE (infrastructure and reliability operations), and Data/ML Engineering (model and pipeline-centric) — this focus centers on application/system feature development, code quality, system design, and the technical direction of software products.
This level — P5 P5 — Expert Professional
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas