What Is a Career Path and How to Use It at Lowcode

What Is a Career Path and How to Use It at Lowcode

 

What is a Career Path?

A Career Path is a structured roadmap that outlines how a person can grow within a role over time. It defines what’s expected at each level of seniority — Junior, Semi Senior, and Senior — and helps both team members and leaders align on:

• What success looks like today.

• What’s needed to move to the next level.

• What skills and knowledge are required along the way.

It’s a tool for transparency, motivation, and continuous development.

That said, a Career Path is not a rigid formula. It’s a set of reference guidelines designed to bring clarity and consistency to how we talk about growth — but we always look at each person’s journey in a holistic way.

We recognize that people join Lowcode with different backgrounds, learning curves, and aspirations. Years of experience, while helpful as orientation, are just one part of the equation.

This framework is meant to support development — not limit it.

 

🎯 Why does Lowcode have Career Paths?

The goal is to ensure everyone in the company understands:

• What is expected of them in their current role.

• What they can work on to keep growing.

• What criteria will be considered when discussing promotions or new responsibilities.
  
  

Career Paths are not about rigid timelines — they are about clarity, autonomy, and fairness.

 

🧱 How is it structured?

Each role’s Career Path is organized into levels of seniority. For every level, you’ll find:

 

📊 How does it connect to Performance Reviews?

Career Paths are fully aligned with the performance evaluation process at Lowcode.

In your review, you’re evaluated on:

• Communication & Collaboration

• Support & Responsiveness

• Problem Solving & Adaptability

• A role-specific metric (e.g., for developers: Feedback incorporation & on-time delivery)
  
  

These same dimensions appear in the Career Path so you can clearly see where you are today and what’s needed to grow.

 

🎓 What about training?

At LowCode, each team member has access to an annual training budget of $200-$250 usd (if more budget is required please review with your manager). This budget can be used to take any of the suggested courses or certifications listed in your Career Path or other.

Training/Course Approval Process

To request training approval, reach out to your manager or head with a link to the training, the cost, the duration and discuss what you will provide as proof of knowledge of the course. After course completion if course is not part of our library you MUST add the course to our library. Our typical practice is if the course doesn’t provide a certification you can write down insights on how to apply what you learned here at LowCode. Once your training is approved your manager will provide the credentials for the course after paying for it so you can get started on your journey.

🧭 Leadership Track: An Optional Path for Those Who Want to Lead People

At Lowcode, we understand that not everyone wants to lead a team — and that’s completely okay.

Career growth can take many forms. Some people are energized by deepening their technical or creative craft. Others may feel driven to lead people, shape strategy, and support the growth of others.

The Leadership Track is an optional path within the Career Path framework, designed for team members who express interest in or show potential for people leadership.

 

🧱 How is this path structured?

Just like all other roles, the leadership path is divided into progressive levels. Each level defines:

• Key milestones

• Expected autonomy

• Expected impact

• Target soft skills (rated 1–5)

• Leadership competencies

• Suggested courses or certifications

 

 

🧱 How is the leadership path structured for developers?

Unlike other areas, the development team at Lowcode is organized by platform expertise — Bubble, FlutterFlow, Glide, and Webflow — and each of these stacks has its own Technical Lead.

These leads are the highest technical reference within their platform and are responsible for quality, mentorship, and decision-making within their specific stack.

To grow beyond their individual technology, and step into the Head of Development role, each Lead must develop a broader, cross-platform understanding of Lowcode’s technical ecosystem.

That’s why we created the Bridge Skills Map — a guide that outlines what each Lead needs to learn about the other stacks to become ready for a global leadership role.

 

This ensures that whoever steps into the Head of Development role can:

• Think strategically across platforms

• Make architecture decisions that impact the full company

• Support and mentor all technical teams

• Align development standards and practices across stacks

In short: each Tech Lead grows vertically in their stack — but must grow horizontally in knowledge to move up.

 

🔍 How do I know if this path is right for me?

You don’t need to have all the answers. If you’re curious about leadership, here’s how you can start:

• Discuss your interest with your team lead or with HR.

• Volunteer for mini leadership challenges (mentoring a new team member, leading a small initiative).

 

⚠️ Important: Leadership is a choice, not a requirement

Leading people goes far beyond a title or promotion. It involves responsibility for others’ growth and performance, navigating complexity, making hard decisions, and upholding team culture.

It can be incredibly rewarding — for those who choose it intentionally.

But you can grow just as much, and add just as much value, through a technical or specialist path.

The key is to choose the path that best aligns with your strengths, goals, and motivation.

🛠 How can you use this as a team member?

The Career Path is more than a document — it’s your personal roadmap to growth within Lowcode. Here’s how you can take full advantage of it:

1. Understand your current level

Read through the description of your current role level (Junior, Semi Senior, Senior) and identify:

• What milestones you’ve already achieved.

• Which areas you feel confident in.

• Which expectations are still a challenge.

👉 Self-awareness is the first step toward growth.

 2. Use it to guide your 1:1s with your lead

Bring the Career Path to your 1:1 meetings and use it to:

• Ask for feedback on specific milestones.

• Share where you feel stuck or want to improve.

• Align with your leader on what’s expected for your next step.

👉 Having this framework makes your development conversations clearer, fairer, and more focused.

3. Define your development goals

Use the Career Path to set goals that are:

• Relevant (connected to your role)

• Tangible (you can track progress)

• Time-bound (within a defined timeline)
  
  

Ask your leader to help co-create a development plan that fits your current capacity and motivation.

👉 You don’t need to do everything at once — pick one or two focus areas per quarter.

4. Explore suggested training opportunities

Each level in your Career Path includes recommended courses and certifications that can help you reach the next stage. If something interests you:

• Check if it’s covered by your annual training budget.

• Talk to your lead or HR about how to request access.
  

5. Use it to clarify your career intentions

Not everyone wants the same type of growth. Some people want to lead teams. Others prefer deepening their technical expertise. The Career Path can support both routes — use it to:

• Start a conversation with your lead about where you want to go.

• Ask about opportunities for project ownership, mentoring, or skill-building.

• Discuss the possibility of entering the leadership track if that’s of interest.
  
  

👉 Growth doesn’t look the same for everyone — the Career Path is flexible enough to support your unique journey.

 

🔁 Final tip: Revisit your Career Path regularly

Your growth is a dynamic process. Make a habit of checking your Career Path every few months to:

• Reflect on your progress.

• Adjust your goals.

• Celebrate your wins.
  
  

And remember: your team lead and the HR team are here to support you — don’t hesitate to reach out.