# Staff Engineer Behaviors for Scaling Impact and Influence

DevFeed: [Staff Engineer Behaviors for Scaling Impact and Influence](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/staff-engineer-behaviors-pt-2-breaking-the-ceiling-into-staff-engineering-28923.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://levelupsoftwareengineering.substack.com/p/staff-engineer-behaviors-breaking>)

Author: Caleb Mellas

Published: 2024-11-20T14:13:59Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Level up software engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/level-up-software-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [career-growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career-growth.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>)

## AI overview

This article examines the behaviors that help staff-plus engineers increase their impact and influence sustainably. It emphasizes demonstrated behaviors and achievements, including influencing others, leading, driving organizational outcomes, and operating at the next level as evidence for promotion.

## Source excerpt

Key behaviors that help engineers make transformational leaps in their career and scale their impact and influence in a sustainable and meaningful way.