Description
We are a team and not a collection of unaffiliated individuals. You may be part of several teams: your squad, your chapter, your guild(s), your tribe. Contributing to the success of each of these groups is more beneficial to the company, the product, and our customers than chasing your own success at the cost of your teams.
Milestone 1
Individual Step
At this step, you are focused primarily on being a useful contributor, gaining experience and learning how to be effective on their team. It is not expected that a member of technology would remain at this step during their entire time at Spotify. At this step, your focus should be on growing so that you can support your team. This is the only step where there is an expectation that all members of technology should move toward the next step.
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Positive and constructive in team interactions | Can work and communicate effectively with other team members on tasks |
| Puts team priorities over their own | Demonstrates good written communication |
| Collaborates with other team members | Participates in work-related team activities |
Milestone 2
Squad/Chapter Step
At this step, you are a resource for your chapter or your squad, either as a domain specialist for your team, or as a generalist/problem solver for them. You should be able to lead smaller efforts coordinating with other members of your team and drive them to completion and/or dig into tough problems and solve them independently taking in feedback from your peers and focusing on the outcome.
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Can explain complex problems and solutions to people inside and outside their domain of expertise | Will identify and take on work from other members of the team if it is more important than "their" tasks |
| Can effectively take a leadership role on a moderately complex project with a few other people working on it |
Milestone 3
Tribe/Guild Step
At this step, you have an impact across squads or chapters. You are a resource for a larger group as a domain expert or generalist. You will lead cross-team (squad/tribe/chapter) efforts involving more people and drive them to completion and/or you will take on large challenges, working with diverse stakeholders in multiple teams to solve a problem that affects your larger organization.
| Examples | ||
|---|---|---|
| Helps with tribe improvement efforts | Can identify and help resolve cross-team dependencies and issues | Road-manage or take a technical leadership role on large projects with others working on them |
Milestone 4
Technology/Company Step
At this step, your focus is significantly on supporting Tech-wide or company-wide initiatives. You will Road Manage projects that span tribes and be responsible for solving Tech-wide problems, and/or you will also represent Tech in company and/or industry forums, and/or you will be a go-to person across the company to solve very complex problems
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Focused as much on tribe-wide, Tech-wide or company-wide issues as on their own work | Work actively on company-level priorities and initiatives that are beyond their official role |
Milestone 5
N/A within the Spotify Career Steps Framework
Configuration Health
- ✅ Associated with 5 roles
- ⚠️ Has been referenced in no observations
- ℹ️ No one has achieved a milestone on this ability
- ⛔️ Last updated: almost 5 years ago
- ℹ️ Never conversed about
Role & Position Requirements
- Coachesare recommended to be milestone 1+
- Developersare recommended to be milestone 1+
- It Support Techniciansare recommended to be milestone 1+
- Product Ownersare recommended to be milestone 1+
- Quality Assurance Engineersare recommended to be milestone 1+
Examples / Observations
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