Engineering Management Levels

The engineering leadership ladder starts with EM0 for an engineer starting in a leadership role. An EM0 can further grow in this line to become a senior engineering manager, leading up to the Director of Engineering, Vice President of Engineering, and the CTO. Although job titles for engineering leadership roles vary for different companies, the management structure presented in this lesson is more or less the same.

EM0

EM0 is an uncommon role, and not many companies have it. Mostly, it serves as a transitional-level role when growing an individual contributor to an engineering management role. That is why EM0s are sometimes also referred to as entry-level managers.

Engineering managers at this ...