P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Software Engineering Mid-Level
Mid Professional Software Engineer: Engineers handle moderately complex features more independently.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Deliver features of moderate complexity
- Assist others
- Contribute to project planning
- Ensure code quality
- Participate in technical discussions
- Deliver features
- Improve cycle time
- Review code
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Optimize existing systems
- Design software solutions
- Code applications using Java, JavaScript, C#
- Maintain and update software systems
- Participate in code reviews
- Implement software testing and debugging
- Document software development processes
- Ensure software performance and scalability
- Deliver moderate complexity features
- Assist team members
- Plan projects
- Ensure code quality
- Participate in discussions
- Develop and deliver software features
- Optimize code for performance
- Participate in agile ceremonies
- Develop software applications
- Conduct software testing
- Maintain software documentation
- Collaborate with team members
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Feature development
- Project planning
- Mentorship
- Code quality assurance
- Technical communication
- Agile methodologies
- Code optimization
- System analysis
- Collaboration
- Coding in multiple languages
- Software design patterns
- Version control systems
- Debugging and troubleshooting
- Software testing
- Continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD)
- API development
- Best practices in software development
- Project planning techniques
- Mentorship strategies
- Code quality standards
- Technical communication
- Software development lifecycle
- Agile methodologies
- System design principles
- Optimization techniques
- Code review best practices
- Agile frameworks
- Programming languages
- Software architecture
- Database management
- User interface design
- Cloud computing
- Cybersecurity principles
- Strong coding skills
- Familiarity with best practices
- Project planning
- Technical mentorship
- Communication
- Efficiency
- Quality improvements
- Increased output
- Cross-functional collaboration
- System optimization
- Programming (Java, JavaScript, C#)
- Software Engineering
- Agile Development
- Problem-solving
- Team collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Adaptability
What good looks like
- Strong coding skills in primary stack
- Owned a small-to-medium feature from design to release
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Experience with project planning
- Mentorship experience
- Proficiency in software development
- Experience with agile methodologies
- 3-5 years of software development experience
- Proficiency in programming languages
- Experience with software engineering practices
- Familiarity with agile development
- Strong problem-solving skills
Common titles
Software Engineering IIISoftware Engineering 3Mid-Level Software EngineeringSoftware Engineer IIISoftware Engineer 3Mid-Level Software EngineerSoftware Development IIISoftware Development 3Mid-Level Software DevelopmentSoftware Developer IIISoftware Developer 3Mid-Level Software DeveloperFrontend Engineering IIIFrontend Engineering 3Mid-Level Frontend EngineeringFrontend Engineer III
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