Level 5

By Level 5 you’ll be reaching the top end of the traditional seniority model and will be encouraged to take on more technical or personal leadership responsibilities

Mediates Between Teams

You can collaborate between teams with diverse or opposing goals

Contributes to Dev Group Learning

You effectively share appropriate learnings with the wider development group

Teaches Others About Mistakes

You turn your mistakes into learning opportunities for others providing honest assessment of root causes, learnings, and action points

Loose Supervision

You work mostly unsupervised under the highest trust to seek direction and communicate results

Communicates Well Within Local Community

You have developed relevant contacts within the local technical community and can converse well on topics and trends pertinent to Trade Me and your discipline.

You may want to look at establishing a presence within the wider tech industry becoming an ambassador for Trade Me and the local tech scene.

Influence Within Trade Me

You have influence throughout Trade Me - promoting the needs of your discipline at an organisation level

High Complexity

You work on an extensive range of complex tasks, applying and advising on the available standards, methods, and tools for resolving issues

Competent Planning of Group Work

You analyse, plan, and evaluate work taking into account all requirements and constraints

Delivery of Project Work

You work with others to ensure the delivery of wider projects

Understands Wider Business Context

You maintain an active understanding of the goals and purpose of the wider business and are able to align your own work with these

Understands New Technology

You understand developments in the industry and are able to communicate these and their applicability to Trade Me

Evaluates Risks

You assess and evaluate risks, using your technical expertise, in order to avoid mistakes or loss of opportunity

Makes Programme Decisions

You make decisions that contribute to the success of a programme of work with a view to longer term team goals

Applies Leadership within Technical Area

You apply some leadership principles within your technical area

Fosters Colleagues' Potential

You mentor colleagues to ensure they are meeting their full potential

Understands Policy / Strategy

You have an understanding of the relationship between your own work and wider Trade Me organisational responsibilities