Quality Department SET Career Framework: Principal
These are the expected competencies of a Principal Software Engineer in Test (SET) at GitLab.
Quality Department Competencies: Principal
Engineering Framework | Quality Framework
Principal at GitLab are expected to exhibit the following competencies:
Principal Leadership Competencies
Engineering
A principal engineer generally operates at an organizational (sub-department or stage, for example) level scope, serving as their organization’s technical lead and connecting their organization to other parts of GitLab.
- Helps team members of all levels understand their organization’s domain and technology through clear and effective communication.
- Makes responsible decisions and evaluates tradeoffs impacting their organization and various aspects of the business.
- Exhibits a deep understanding of their organization’s features, how customers use them, and how they fit into the larger business.
- Improves processes at the organization level.
- Recognizes good solutions to complex problems impacting multiple domains and clearly explains their merits to relevant stakeholders.
- Unblocks and enables team members and counterparts across multiple teams.
- Participates in processes which address complex technical challenges, such as the Architecture Design Process, as a DRI and as a coach.
- Advises on resourcing requirements and provides feedback on promotions into technical leadership roles.
Principal Technical Competencies
Quality
TBD
Principal 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.
Principal Career Matrix Worksheet
Template for Principal Career Matrix Worksheet - TBD
Last modified December 15, 2023: Migrate Engineering ruby code to the new handbook (
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