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Engineering Performance Review

Eng review — execution, system design, code quality, mentoring, impact. Junior to principal.

Every employee gets a seat — priced per employee in Performance & Learning, quoted with this template ready.

Rolled out to every employee at AutoZone (125,000), PetSmart (50,000+), A.S. Watson and Raley's (20,000) — and at larger retailers we are not permitted to name.

Built for: Software · SaaS · Engineering

What's inside this template

Technical Execution

  • Quality of code shipped (required)
  • Velocity and consistent delivery (required)
  • Debugging and incident response

System Design & Architecture

  • Scope of design ownership (required)

    1 = one feature, 5 = team-wide architecture

  • Trade-off reasoning
  • Cross-team technical influence

Collaboration & Multipliers

  • PR review quality
  • Mentoring more-junior engineers
  • Cross-functional partnership (design, PM, support)

Manager Assessment

  • Specific example of high-impact work (required)
  • Top growth area (required)
  • Recommendation re: level / promo readiness

Common use cases

Engineering org review cycle
Promotion review
Tech lead calibration

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Rolled out to every employee at AutoZone (125,000), PetSmart (50,000+), A.S. Watson and Raley's (20,000) — and at larger retailers we are not permitted to name.