Career development, reimagined

Define excellence.
Recognize it.

Rubric brings clarity to career leveling. Author rubrics that define what great looks like at every level, then track and review real contributions against them.

How it works

A transparent, collaborative approach to career growth.

1

Author rubrics

Managers and leads author detailed rubrics that define what it looks like to perform at each level across any job category.

2

Contribute openly

Employees log contributions throughout their workday tagged to rubric criteria for their next level. No surprises at review time.

3

Review like a PR

Reviewers comment and edit contributions. Managers review the feedback, then commit the final assessment - familiar, transparent, and fair.

Open Source Career

Your career, out in the open

Just like open source software, your career trajectory should be visible, forkable, and improvable. Open Source Career lets you build a living record of your growth that is reviewed collaboratively rather than behind closed doors.

  • Add contributions any time - not just at review season
  • Tag work directly to rubric criteria for the next level
  • Reviewers can comment and propose edits, like a pull request
  • Manager commits the final assessment with full audit trail
Q1 Contribution In Review

Rubric criterion

Staff Engineer L5 - Technical leadership

Led cross-team architecture review for the new data pipeline, documented three ADRs, and mentored two junior engineers through implementation.

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For employees

Know exactly what it takes to level up. Build your case continuously, not in a last-minute scramble before reviews.

For reviewers

Comment and edit contributions with full context. Provide meaningful feedback grounded in real work and agreed criteria.

For managers

Review consolidated feedback and commit the final assessment. Defensible decisions backed by an audit trail of real contributions.

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