Select your current position

Pick a role and level — we'll show the growth path, skills and gap analysis.

Development path

Junior

0-2 years

Current

Responsibility: Completing tasks under the guidance of senior colleagues. Learning the codebase, standards, and team processes. Writing code to spec, fixing simple bugs, writing tests.

Middle

2-5 years

Next

Responsibility: Independently developing features from decomposition to deployment. Participating in code review. Optimizing performance. Mentoring junior developers. Taking part in architecture discussions.

Senior

5-8 years

Responsibility: Designing the architecture of components and services. Solving complex technical problems. Managing technical debt. Code review as a quality gatekeeper. Mentoring middle developers. Choosing technologies for new tasks.

Key skills:

AWS Need
ChatGPT / Claude Need
Classical ML (scikit-learn) Need
Code Review Need
Docker Need
Git Advanced Need
GitHub Copilot Need
gRPC & Protocol Buffers Need
Kubernetes Core Need
ML Pipelines Need
MLflow Need
Model Serving Need
Pandas / Polars Need
PostgreSQL Need
Python Web Frameworks Need
PyTorch Need
Redis Need
REST API Design Need
S3 / Object Storage Need
Task Queues Need
Unit Testing Need
Algorithms & Complexity Need
Async Programming Need
Video Analytics Need
Object Detection Need
Integration Testing Need
Code Quality & Refactoring Need
Multithreading Need
Model Monitoring Need
Computer Vision Fundamentals Need
OOP & SOLID Principles Need
Image Segmentation Need
Data Structures Need
Experiment Tracking Need
Memory Management Need

Lead / Staff

7-12 years

Responsibility: Technical leadership of a team or area. Designing system architecture. Coordinating with other teams. Establishing standards and best practices. Participating in hiring. Planning the technical roadmap.

Key skills:

AWS Need
ChatGPT / Claude Need
Classical ML (scikit-learn) Need
Code Review Need
Docker Need
Git Advanced Need
GitHub Copilot Need
gRPC & Protocol Buffers Need
Kubernetes Core Need
ML Pipelines Need
MLflow Need
Model Serving Need
Pandas / Polars Need
PostgreSQL Need
Python Web Frameworks Need
PyTorch Need
Redis Need
REST API Design Need
S3 / Object Storage Need
Task Queues Need
Unit Testing Need
Algorithms & Complexity Need
Async Programming Need
Video Analytics Need
Object Detection Need
Integration Testing Need
Code Quality & Refactoring Need
Multithreading Need
Model Monitoring Need
Computer Vision Fundamentals Need
OOP & SOLID Principles Need
Image Segmentation Need
Data Structures Need
Experiment Tracking Need
Memory Management Need

Principal

10+ years

Responsibility: Technical strategy at the company or domain level. Cross-organizational influence. Solving systemic business problems through technology. Mentoring lead engineers. Publicly representing the company.

Key skills:

AWS Need
ChatGPT / Claude Need
Classical ML (scikit-learn) Need
Code Review Need
Docker Need
Git Advanced Need
GitHub Copilot Need
gRPC & Protocol Buffers Need
Kubernetes Core Need
ML Pipelines Need
MLflow Need
Model Serving Need
Pandas / Polars Need
PostgreSQL Need
Python Web Frameworks Need
PyTorch Need
Redis Need
REST API Design Need
S3 / Object Storage Need
Task Queues Need
Unit Testing Need
Algorithms & Complexity Need
Async Programming Need
Video Analytics Need
Object Detection Need
Integration Testing Need
Code Quality & Refactoring Need
Multithreading Need
Model Monitoring Need
Computer Vision Fundamentals Need
OOP & SOLID Principles Need
Image Segmentation Need
Data Structures Need
Experiment Tracking Need
Memory Management Need