P2P2 — Developing Professional
Developing
Independently implements moderate features or modules.
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
- Participates actively in design discussions and code reviews
- Collaborates across the team with less oversight
- Develops and implements moderate software features
- Improves existing codebase for performance and maintainability
- Assists in defining technical requirements and specifications
- Mentors junior developers in coding practices
- Contributes to project documentation and technical guides
- Engages in continuous learning and professional development
- Implement moderate software features
- Participate in design and code review sessions
- Optimize existing code for performance
- Document technical specifications
- Mentor junior team members
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Intermediate programming skills
- Code optimization
- Technical documentation
- Design pattern application
- Software architecture understanding
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Project management tools
- Quality assurance practices
- Software design patterns
- Intermediate algorithms and data structures
- Code optimization techniques
- Software architecture principles
- Technical documentation standards
- Project management methodologies
- Quality assurance processes
- Industry-specific software applications
- Initiative
- Analytical thinking
- Clear documentation
- Intermediate problem-solving
- Effective communication
- Collaboration
- Technical proficiency
- Continuous Improvement
What good looks like
- ~2–4 years of experience
- Proficiency in programming languages
- Experience with software design and architecture
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to work independently and in teams
Common titles
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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