An engineer, an AI robot, and a business professional stand at the base of mountains, studying the trail ahead

Pathway

Navigate the trail. Pathway makes expectations visible — feed it a discipline, track, and level and it produces a complete job definition. Drop the level and you get an agent profile instead. Same standard, different outputs.

'Meets expectations' on the review form has no definition anyone can point to. An agent's work was rejected because it followed generic practices instead of the organization's standards. Pathway resolves both — one shared standard that produces definitions for humans and agents alike.

What becomes possible

For Engineering Leaders

Define what good engineering means so roles have clear, defensible expectations. Make staffing decisions you can defend by seeing what each role requires.

  • Complete job definitions from discipline + track + level
  • Interview question sets grounded in actual skill expectations
  • A static site export for publishing the standard organization-wide

For Empowered Engineers

See exactly what's expected at your level, what changes at the next level, and configure agents to meet the expectations the organization holds for humans — without bespoke prompts.

  • An interactive career browser showing skills and level progression
  • Agent profiles and skill files derived from organizational standards
  • Side-by-side level comparisons to identify growth areas

The Web Application

  • Explore roles — Select discipline, track, and level to see complete role definitions with skill matrices and behaviour profiles
  • Browse skills — View all skills with detailed level descriptions
  • Compare levels — See what changes between levels side by side
  • Prepare interviews — Generate role-specific question sets for hiring
  • Preview agent profiles — See exactly what agent configuration looks like before deploying

Getting Started

npm install @forwardimpact/pathway
npx fit-pathway dev                                       # Launch web app
npx fit-pathway job software_engineering J060 --track=platform  # Job definition