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> To start with, "Senior" and related titles basically mean a person who doesn't need much hand-holding.

I'd call this "not junior". To me, "senior" would be the person leading a small multi-person effort or doing the hand-holding of junior engineers.

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Usually leading engineer is called "Lead Engineer", which is step over Senior.

Of a small group? I'd ordinarily expect a "lead engineer" title to be overseeing 6-20 people.

Not op, but I’d call what they’re referring to as a team lead. Usually a team lead manages 3-6 people, isn’t a manager, but is a senior engineer and has technical leadership abilities.

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