P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Proficient
Lead design of moderate systems/subsystems; define interface specifications; ensure small-scale projects align with architecture.
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
- Lead design of moderate systems/subsystems
- Define interface specifications
- Design moderate systems
- Define system interfaces
- Ensure project alignment
Skills, knowledge & tools
- System design leadership
- Interface specification
- Project management
- Collaboration
- Subsystem design
- Interface specification standards
- Project alignment techniques
- Leadership in engineering
- Collaborative leadership
- Project planning
What good looks like
- ~4–7 years experience
- Certifications like AWS Certified Solutions Architect preferred
Common titles
Systems Architecture IIISystems Architecture 3Mid-Level Systems Architecture
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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