Ownership & Responsibility (iOWN)
The areas of responsibility and ownership around teams, projects, internal and external relationships.
LVL 2 - Engineer I
Responsibility mostly limited to day-to-day duties. Learning how to use the skills framework to advance their learning and career.
- is responsible for developing individual tasks delegated to them, while mostly under supervision.
- engaged with their progression with support from their line manager, for example through micro-credentials and keeping track of expertise on Inviqa Me.
LVL 3 - Engineer II
Owns and is responsible for complete tasks or features. Takes some initiative to set a direction for their professional growth.
- is responsible for full end-to-end delivery of tasks delegated to them, while sometimes under supervision for ensuring project cohesion and coordination.
- understands the overall mission of a project and occasionally volunteers to assist other team members in gettings things done.
- is trusted with some level of production access on a project.
- discusses and escalates their learning and allocation aspirations with their line manager.
- is independently motivated and engaged with their progression, improving specific skills and measuring ability through the micro-credential process.
LVL 4 - Senior I
Is an owner for some technical topics on their project, and can be relied on to maintain areas to which they have contributed.
- is responsible over significant technical areas within a project, ensuring code quality and good architecture are maintained.
- ensures technical knowledge is shared within the project and regularly volunteers to assist other team members in getting things done.
- is occasionally capable of quickly grasping and taking technical ownership of some unfamiliar areas on their current project.
LVL 5T - Senior II
Engages with and takes responsibility for general technical approaches on a project, including some areas with which they may be less familiar.
- brings occasional technical improvements to the project by suggesting and helping to introduce new tools, development concepts or patterns for increasing engineering productivity.
- takes technical responsibility over the wider project ensuring development cohesion and standards are maintained to a high level.
- is often capable of quickly grasping and taking technical ownership of most unfamiliar areas on their current project, guiding others within this new context.
- supports and collaborates with a project TTL on finer technical details.
LVL 5M - TTL
Leads overall engineering approaches for a project, and shares ownership and responsibility through delegation and enabling others. Is responsible for the wellbeing and efficiency of their team.
- is responsible for the overall technical delivery of their project.
- is responsible for the performance and wellbeing of team members, ensuring they are motivated and have a safe space to thrive, learn, and contribute.
- delegates responsibility appropriately to the wider team.
- shares responsibility over the technical quality of the project with other senior team members.
- helps maintain a balance between technical innovation and pragmatism.
- shares responsibility over client relationships with PMs and CS, building trust and positivity with clients for themselves and Inviqa as a whole.
- avoids becoming the bottleneck on a project by delegating effectively based on task frequency and complexity.
LVL 6T - Principal
Is responsible for owning engineering strategy initiatives across the engineering team, including tool selection and knowledge sharing. A technical authority, both within Inviqa and with external parties.
- is capable of quickly grasping and taking technical ownership of unfamiliar projects or technology stacks.
- takes responsibility over complex technical decisions and development strategy improvements across multiple projects, owning approaches and tools while guiding teams on how to use them.
- demonstrates Inviqa's overall technical competency to external businesses.
LVL 6M - SEM
High-level ownership for departmental initiatives, both technical and non-technical. Contributes to setting department goals and enables others to take ownership within Inviqa.
- is responsible for the performance of multiple teams and individuals within a domain of expertise.
- is directly responsible for supporting a group of project teams and holding them accountable to the standards expected at Inviqa.
- delegates responsibility over wider engineering initiatives to other engineering leaders, but is ultimately reponsible for their delivery.
- helps build trust while overseeing a good technical communication channel during some pre-sales engagements.
- demonstrates Inviqa's overall technical competency and approaches to external businesses through pre-sales support.
- identifies opportunities to encourage or allocate ownership of topics to engineers, empowering and guiding them.
LVL 7 - Head of Engineering
Sets goals and initiatives that align with wider business goals and demands.
- sets and owns engineering initiatives while overseeing their progress to completion.
- is responsible for coordinating research on new technologies and ways to improve the engineering culture.
- actively promotes the engineering culture across the wider business and nourishes the communication channels between technical and non-technical communities.
- responsible for keeping the engineering community engaged and collaborative.
- supports senior management in driving the long term organization strategy.