Engineering Career Framework: Associate

Engineering Function Competencies: Associate

Associates at GitLab are expected to exhibit the following competencies:

• Associate Leadership Competencies
• Associate Technical Competencies
• Associate Values Alignment

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Associate Leadership Competencies

Engineering

• Assumes goodwill, seeks support and clarification of requirements.
• Capable of delivering work with clear requirements.
• Constructively raises concerns.
• Communicates in a clear, timely, and effective manner.
• Capable of adapting their messaging to technical audience.
• Develops understanding of the organization structure and processes.

Associate Technical Competencies

Engineering

• Considers quality, security, and performance of assigned tasks.
• Works with manager and counterparts to plan and estimate, and delivers small and moderate solutions.
• Seeks guidance when blocked and iterates to a solution.
• Performs thorough reviews within their domain.

Associate Values Alignment

GitLab

• Adhere to the Collaboration Competencies for this job grade.
• Adhere to the Results Competencies for this job grade.
• Adhere to the Efficiency Competencies for this job grade.
• Adhere to the Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Competencies for this job grade.
• Adhere to the Iteration Competencies for this job grade.
• Adhere to the Transparency Competencies for this job grade.