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Staff engineer
A senior individual-contributor engineering level above senior engineer, focused on technical direction across teams rather than managing people. Principal and distinguished engineer are the levels above in many companies.
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As a staff engineer, most of my work is writing and persuading.
Also called Principal engineer.
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