Specialization path

Staff Software Engineer

Create leverage across the whole organization: platforms, standards and strategy.

180–280 hoursstudy estimate
2 Phases22 Modules
170 Lessons(curriculum)
Capstone projectInternal Developer Platform

What you'll learn

Identifies systemic technical problems, creates organization-wide leverage, leads strategic engineering programs, and improves the effectiveness of multiple teams.

Staff-Level Technical Strategy
Influence, Communication, and Leadership

What you'll build

Internal Developer Platform

Platform for 10–20 hypothetical product teams: architecture, self-service deployment, CI/CD, observability and security standards, service templates, adoption roadmap, cost model, governance, success metrics.

Is this level for you?

Senior engineers moving toward organization-wide scope. Related track, not a mandatory step after SRA.

Curriculum

Open a phase to see its modules.

Phase 01: Staff-Level Technical Strategy11 modules · 85 lessons

Phase 02: Influence, Communication, and Leadership11 modules · 85 lessons

Prerequisites

No fixed prerequisites are defined for this level yet.

Completion criteria

Assessed on organizational leverage, not only code quality.

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Lesson 1: What organizations hire Staff engineers to do

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Specialization path

This is one of two independent specializations that follow the shared levels. It does not depend on, and does not lead to, the other.

Shared pathSee the shared path Alternative specializationSpecialization · Architect