P2P2 — Developing Professional
Associate
Engineers at this level deliver small features/bug fixes with less supervision.
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
- Deliver small features/bug fixes
- Participate in code reviews
- Collaborate with team members
- Improve code quality
- Contribute to team processes
- Deliver features and fixes
- Participate in code reviews
- Collaborate with team
- Improve code quality
- Contribute to processes
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Feature development
- Bug fixing
- Code review
- Team collaboration
- Communication
- Software development processes
- Code quality standards
- Team collaboration techniques
- Problem-solving strategies
- Communication in development teams
- Improved code quality
- Understanding of team processes
- Code review participation
- Problem-solving
- Communication
What good looks like
- Ability to complete tasks with some independence
- Experience in feature tasks or bug fixes
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Proficiency in programming languages
- Understanding of team processes
Common titles
Software Engineering IISoftware Engineering 2Software Engineer IISoftware Engineer 2Software Development IISoftware Development 2Software Developer IISoftware Developer 2Frontend Engineering IIFrontend Engineering 2Frontend Engineer IIFrontend Engineer 2
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 15-1252.00 — Software Developers