Our Roles & Levels - Activepieces

Product Engineers are full stack engineers who handle both the engineering and product side, delivering features end-to-end.

We break out seniority into three levels, L1 to L3.

They tend to be early-career.

They get more management support than folks at other levels.
They focus on continuously absorbing new information about our users and how to be effective at Activepieces.
They aim to be increasingly autonomous as they gain more experience here.

They are generally responsible for running a project start-to-finish.

They independently decide on the implementation details.
They work with Stakeholders / teammates / L3s on the plan.
They have personal responsibility for the “how” of what they’re working on, but share responsibility for the “what” and “why”.
They make consistent progress on their work by continuously defining the scope, incorporating feedback, trying different approaches and solutions, and deciding what will deliver the most value for users.

Their scope is bigger than coding, they lead a product area, make key product decisions and guide the team with strong leadership skills.

Planning: They help L2s figure out what the next priority things to focus on and guide L1s in determining the right sequence of work to get a project done.
Day-to-Day Work: They might be hands-on with the day-to-day work of the team, providing support and resources to their teammates as needed.
Customer Communication: They handle direct communication with customers regarding planning and product direction, ensuring that customer needs and feedback are incorporated into the development process.

There is no formal process, but it happens at the end of each year and is based on two things:

Manager Review: Managers look at how well the engineer has performed and grown over the year.
Peer Review: Colleagues give feedback on how well the engineer has worked with the team.

This helps make sure promotions are fair and based on merit.