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Engineering Performance Review Template

Built specifically for engineering individual contributor roles. Covers the competencies that actually matter at this level — not a generic form with your job title swapped in.

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Engineering Performance Review Template

Technical Execution

Scope and quality of code and systems delivered. Complexity of problems owned. Architectural contributions.

Exceeds Solves problems beyond their level. Architectural decisions adopted by the broader team. Catches systemic issues proactively.
Meets Delivers assigned work at expected scope and quality. Code reviews are thorough. Incidents in their area are rare.
Below Requires significant rework. Technical decisions need frequent correction. Delivery is inconsistent.
Example phrases:
  • "Redesigned the data pipeline, eliminating a class of race conditions that had caused 3 incidents over 6 months."
  • "Routinely takes on the most complex work in the sprint without prompting."
  • "Delivered the auth refactor under budget, enabling the mobile team to ship 3 weeks early."

Cross-Team Impact

Influence beyond the immediate team. Consulting patterns. Contributions to org-wide technical direction.

Exceeds Consulted regularly by engineers outside their team. Drives cross-functional initiatives. Influence visible in org-wide decisions.
Meets Works effectively with adjacent teams when needed. Proactive about sharing context and unblocking dependencies.
Below Primarily siloed. Cross-team dependencies cause friction. Limited visibility into org impact.
Example phrases:
  • "Confirm's ONA shows they are the most-consulted engineer on authentication across 4 teams."
  • "Proactively documented API contract changes that prevented a multi-team incident."

Reliability & Ownership

Follow-through on commitments. Operational ownership. Incident response quality.

Exceeds Never drops commitments. Proactively surfaces risks before they become misses. Owns systems end-to-end.
Meets Delivers on sprint commitments. Handles on-call effectively. Escalates blockers early.
Below Commitments slip without early notice. On-call response is slow. Work needs significant follow-up.
Example phrases:
  • "Zero P0 incidents attributed to their systems this quarter. Proactive monitoring caught 2 issues before they became customer-facing."

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