Staff & Principal Engineer? How It Works
summary
AXA France describes an internal experiment to create senior technical career paths (Staff, Principal, Distinguished) and explains what those titles mean in practice: responsibilities, goals, roadmaps and the expected professional posture. The presenters discuss pragmatic topics like influencing stakeholders, personal marketing, and navigating the organization, offering an honest retrospective (REX) of an ongoing transformation so other teams can compare and adapt their own structures.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Conference intro
- 1:07Tech profiles evolution
- 5:00AXA transformation
- 7:28AXA expertise track
- 9:19Staff vs Principal vs Distinguished
- 13:54Expertise roles impact
- 20:33Staff Engineer at AXA
- 24:28Principal Engineer at AXA
- 28:45Expert visibility
- 31:58Filière feedback
- 36:51Filière challenges
- 40:24Expert community
- 41:29Q&A
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