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Software Engineering Daily · Oct 29, 2020 · 46 min

Staff Engineering with Will Larson

Staff engineer is a job title that suggests the engineer has deep expertise, and considerable experience. More and more companies are adopting a “staff engineer track” where an engineer can work to become a staff engineer. What is the role of staff engineer? Is it a management role or an individual contributor? What are the expectations and obligations of staff engineer? Will Larson is an experienced engineer who has worked at Stripe and other prominent tech companies. He joins the show to talk about the role of staff engineering, and the material he has written about it. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com

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Staff engineer is a job title that suggests the engineer has deep expertise, and considerable experience. More and more companies are adopting a “staff engineer track” where an engineer can work to become a staff engineer. What is the role of staff engineer? Is it a management role or an individual contributor? What are the expectations and obligations of staff engineer? Will Larson is an experienced engineer who has worked at Stripe and other prominent tech companies. He joins the show to talk about the role of staff engineering, and the material he has written about it.

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