Staff Level Role Expectations Questions

Evaluate understanding of the responsibilities and impact expected at the staff engineering level. Topics include influencing cross team architecture decisions, setting technical direction, mentoring and growing senior engineers, owning complex initiatives end to end, partnering with product and infrastructure teams, and balancing short term delivery with long term platform health. Candidates should be able to discuss how they measure impact, operate without direct authority, document and socialize decisions, and drive adoption while minimizing organizational friction.