Job title	L1. Junior	L2. Middle	L3. Senior	L4. Lead	L5. Chief
Development experience and knowledge	Some experience of programming languages	At least 1 year of relevant development experience	At least 3 years of relevant development experience, including UML, Modeling and Design skills	At least 5 years of relevant development experience, including UML, Modeling and Design skills, and expert knowledge of at least one technical area	At least 7 years of relevant development experience, including UML, Modeling and Design skills, expert knowledge of at least one technical area, and ability to coach and train other developers
Software process knowledge	Not expected to have knowledge or experience of the software development processes	Expected to be able to follow a defined software development process	Expected to be able to follow and understand a defined software development process	Expected to be able to follow, understand, and enhance a defined software development process	Expected to be able to follow, understand, and actively influence and enhance a defined software development process
Design and documentation skills	Able to read and understand project and requirement documentation	Able to read and understand project and requirement documentation; able to create documentation describing his/her code.	Able to read and understand project and requirement documentation; able to create design, technical and project documentation including high-quality documentation of his/her code	Able to read and understand project and requirement documentation; able to create high-quality design, technical and project documentation including documentation of his/her code; able to write high-quality non-functional requirement specifications and audit documentation	Able to read and understand project and requirement documentation; able to create high-quality design, technical and project documentation including documentation of his/her code; able to write high-quality use cases and audit documentation
Roles played on a project	Plays the Developer role	Plays the Developer role	Plays the Key Developer and Software Architect roles. May sometimes play Development Team Lead and Project Coordinator role	Plays the Key Developer and Software Architect roles, and usually also performs a Development Team Lead, Project Coordinator, Reviewer or Auditor role	Can play any role, typically a senior position. Responsibilities can include Development Team Lead, Project Coordinator, Software Architect, Reviewer, Auditor, Technical Trainer
Reliability	Expected to work effectively under supervision	Expected to implement functionality without direct supervision	Expected to be self-managing, implement functionality without supervision and test his/her work thoroughly using test cases	Expected to be self-managing, take technical responsibility for a subsystem or a whole project, work without supervision and test his/her work thoroughly using test cases.Expected to have proven experience in evaluating theoretical knowledge and practical (on-the-job) skills and the seniority level of candidates and providing actionable feedback and recommendations on positions/projects matching.	Expected to be self-managing, take technical responsibility for a subsystem or a whole project, work without supervision and test his/her work thoroughly using test cases.Expected to have proven experience in evaluating theoretical knowledge and practical (on-the-job) skills and the seniority level of candidates and providing actionable feedback and recommendations on positions/projects matching.
Quality	No specific expectations regarding quality	Must show a sense of responsibility for the quality of the code written by him/her	Creates deliverables in good quality	Must be a role model for colleagues; creates deliverables in high quality	Must be a role model for colleagues, on a par with the best industry standards; creates deliverables in excellent-quality
Customer relations	Not expected to deal directly with customers	Not expected to deal directly with customers	Expected to participate in phone conferences; be interviewed by customers; visit customers with supervision	Expected to participate in phone conferences; be interviewed by customers; be involved in customer workshops and presentations; visit customers without supervision	Expected to have good customer relationship skills; participate in phone conferences; be interviewed by customers; be involved in customer workshops and presentations; visit customers without supervision
English	B1	B1	B2	B2	B2
Skills in customer negotioations	Able to read and understand the Customer’s Communication Language	Able to read and write the Customer’s Communication Language and have some speaking ability	Comfortably able to read and write and speak the Customer’s Communication Language	Comfortably able to read, write and speak the Customer’s Communication Language; able to write high-quality unambiguous texts	Totally fluent in the spoken and written variants of the Customer’s Communication Language; able to write high-quality unambiguous texts