L2 Senior Engineer — Delivery Guild Cross-Guild Criteria
These criteria define what the Delivery Guild expects from a Senior Engineer (L2) who is primarily a Technology Guild role. They are authored and governed by the Delivery Guild. The Skill column maps each criterion to a skill and level in the Calab Skills Registry.
Forward Deployed Engineering
| ID | Criterion | Skill |
|---|---|---|
| L2-FDE01 | Maps and analyses the client’s as-is business process for their workstream, and designs the to-be process the solution enables — agreed with the client before build. | SFIA-BPRE-3 |
| L2-FDE02 | Designs and delivers end-to-end solution slices in the client’s environment — data flow, integrations, workflow changes — composing platform capabilities robustly. | SFIA-SINT-3 |
| L2-FDE03 | Runs short build-measure-learn loops with end users: ships working increments early, measures whether the business outcome moved, and adjusts course. | SFIA-BUS-3 |
| L2-FDE04 | Feeds field learnings back into Calab’s reusable assets — patterns, accelerators, product backlog — so solutions compound across clients. | SFIA-KNGE-3 |
User Experience
| ID | Criterion | Skill |
|---|---|---|
| L2-UXD01 | Designs usable workflows for the features they own — task flows, states, error handling — validating them with real users before build completes. | SFIA-HCEV-3 |
| L2-UXD02 | Runs lightweight usability checks — observation sessions, feedback reviews, analytics — and turns findings into concrete improvements. | SFIA-USEV-3 |
| L2-UXD03 | Ensures features they ship meet accessibility and responsiveness standards, catching issues before clients do. | SFIA-USEV-3 |
Consulting Management
| ID | Criterion | Skill |
|---|---|---|
| L2-CM01 | Advises clients credibly within their technical domain — presents options with trade-offs and a recommendation, not just answers. | SFIA-BUSA-3 |
| L2-CM02 | Manages their own utilisation and priorities across engagement demands, renegotiating commitments before they slip. | SFIA-AUTO-3 |
| L2-CM03 | Contributes to engagement health beyond their own tasks — spots delivery risks, improves ways of working, supports newer team members. | SFIA-INFL-3 |
Project Management
| ID | Criterion | Skill |
|---|---|---|
| L2-PM01 | Plans and sequences their workstream — breaks features into milestones, estimates, and keeps the plan current as things change. | SFIA-BUS-3 |
| L2-PM02 | Coordinates dependencies for their workstream across team members and other teams, unblocking or escalating promptly. | SFIA-INFL-3 |
| L2-PM03 | Reports progress against plan crisply — status, risks, decisions needed — in the project’s rhythm without prompting. | SFIA-BUS-3 |
Business Analysis
| ID | Criterion | Skill |
|---|---|---|
| L2-BAM01 | Elicits requirements for their feature areas directly with client users — asks the follow-up question, documents decisions and rationale. | SFIA-REQM-3 |
| L2-BAM02 | Analyses the business context — process, data, users — well enough to challenge requirements that won’t achieve the outcome. | SFIA-BUSA-3 |
| L2-BAM03 | Writes acceptance criteria that are testable and unambiguous, agreed with the client before build starts. | SFIA-REQM-3 |