Baidu Technical Ladder T7 Summary

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<i>An excerpt from the Baidu Technical Ladder guidelines.</i>
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<b>Senior Research Scientist (T7, T8, T9)</b>

<p>Being appointed as a senior research scientist/engineer requires either significant technical depth or significant leadership. He/she is able to provide overall leadership for independent work within a significant technical area. He/she should be able to lead a small team tackling a complex problem. He/she should be able to set technical direction, select the overall approach to a problem, make resource and prioritization decisions within the context of that project, provide high-level context to others, and communicate effectively and cross-functionally about their project or area.</p>

<p>For example, if Baidu decides to develop AI technology for a specific product, a Senior Research Scientist should be able to independently investigate that technology area, select approaches to try, liaise with the appropriate Baidu engineering groups, lead a small team (in a tech lead role) of 2-10 engineers to try out different approaches, and see the project through to a successful completion.</p>