# SFIA Role Guidance: Software Engineer

[SFIA Level 3: Apply](https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-7/responsibilities/level-3)

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## Summary of role

Contributor to digital, data and technology outcomes that improve society. They do this by architecting and delivering features.

## Required competency for role

### Autonomy

Collaboratively leads planning of work, development of features and coordinating with stakeholders though continues to seek feedback and support on complex change.

### Influence

Influences approaches taken by workstream team to deliver features, contributes to quality assurance of teams work and ensures features meet project outcomes and user needs.

### Complexity

Manages complex technical change in a single system and will seek support when managing change across multiple systems.

### Knowledge

Proficient in multiple languages, frameworks and technologies.

### Business Skills

Demonstrates effective communication skills.

## Examples of behaviours and responsibilities

Below are examples of behaviours and responsibilities a person in this role might be expected to demonstrate. The list is provided for illustrative purposes only.

- Understands and is able to demonstrate Made Tech's approach to modern technology delivery
- Is participating equally when pairing
- Will autonomously pick up and deliver features that they can see a clear solution to and have delivered similarly in the past
- Will proactively pick up complex features, but will seek guidance on approach before proceeding and will seek feedback via pull requests and pairing from senior members of the team
- Will take initiative as to whether they can resolve issues themselves or need to loop in more senior member of the team
- Is building an awareness of how Made Tech is perceived by customers and partners, as well as how they and their colleagues are perceived by other colleagues – is developing a sense when something isn't right and needs escalating
- Influencing workstream at a feature level, helping to define features and approaches for delivering them
- Influencing a wider range of colleagues through sharing opinions and ideas in forums outside of their immediate deliveries
- Expected to also seek opportunities to share opinions and ideas to peers within customer and partner organisations
- Provides guidance and support to more junior members of the team in helping them identify what work to pick up
- Able to iteratively deliver features of reasonable complexity, in known contexts
- Able to architect and deliver simple features in new contexts
- Uses a range of techniques and best practices to build easy to maintain solutions
- Has developed strong debugging skills, and can remediate issues both locally and in deployed environments
- Able to work effectively in brownfield projects within days
- Proficient in multiple languages, frameworks and technologies
- Able to be proficient within many contexts due to varied and deepening knowledge of technologies
- Able to mentor, train and coach others in their areas of knowledge
- Are endorsed by colleagues as knowledgeable in a number of skills
- Working towards industry recognised training certifications
- Shares knowledge with others through blog posts and talks
- Demonstrates effective communication skills
- Plans, schedules and monitors own work (and that of others where applicable) competently within limited deadlines and according to relevant legislation, standards and procedures
- Contributes fully to the work of teams. Appreciates how own role relates to other roles and to the business of the employer or client
- Demonstrates an analytical and systematic approach to issue resolution
- Takes the initiative in identifying and negotiating appropriate personal development opportunities
- Understands how own role impacts security and demonstrates routine security practice and knowledge required for own work