I built a team of 10+ platform engineers levels varying from platform engineering intern to principal platform engineers and managers who manager platform teams . I do see a need for career pathing for platform engineering by itself and started documenting the path here https://medium.com/@vijay.chintha/the-rise-of-the-platform-engineer-a-guide-to-shaping-your-career-2f1348a47ef9 Please feel free to add your perspectives and inputs about these roles