In this talk you’ll learn about how Pleo organized on-call schedules for 150+ engineers, how Pleo uses Terraform modules to make on-call the default option, and strategies for training and onboarding to on-call.

Traditional career ladders break when data roles span engineering, analytics, product, data science and now AI. Your data scientist ships production code, your analytics engineer shapes product strategy and your senior IC has no interest in management. This talk shares how we designed a career framework for Data at Pleo that recognises hybrid roles, using capability mapping data and talent reviews strategically to create compelling growth paths beyond people management.