Career Path Guides

Start by mastering one language and building your portfolio. Contribute to open source, aim for internships or graduate schemes, and focus on writing clean code.

Take ownership of features end-to-end, mentor juniors, and start leading technical decisions. Build knowledge of system design, databases and cloud services.

You design systems, review code and influence technical direction. Consider specialising in AI/ML, security or platform engineering for premium salaries.

Set technical standards, make high-impact architectural decisions, and work across multiple teams. Choose between engineering management or staying as a top IC.

Own engineering delivery, develop your team, remove blockers, and communicate technical strategy to the business.

Set the multi-year technical vision, own budgets, hire directors, and partner with the CEO and board. Equity often exceeds base salary.