202206112252 Staff tech-lead archetype

A tech-lead staff archetype guides the approach and execution of a single particular team. Sometimes they partner across teams and are occasionally part of a Tech Lead Manager role or similar to that role but with less people management responsibilities.¹

These are the most common of staff engineers. They do a lot of coordination and team process. They set roadmaps and work with product managers. They delegate more over time to grow others and their impact. They code less over time and acknowledge that when they code less, their team is growing more. They are still the vision behind the team’s direction though and step in to unblock and build alignment when needed.