# Background This epic is a sub-epic of the [Maintainership Working Group Epic](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-com/-/epics/1808). This is the sub epic related to the **Update expected behaviors and responsibilities for Engineers and Maintainers** exit criteria. Completing this epic will close out the related exit criteria. **Exit Criteria DRI:** @robotmay_gitlab # Purpose The purpose of this Epic is to do the following: 1. **Senior+ Expected Behaviors** * Make updates to the Engineering Career Framework for [Senior Engineer+](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/career-development/matrix/engineering/) 2. **Senior+ Job Responsibilities** * Make updates to the maintainership responsibilities for [Senior Engineer+](https://about.gitlab.com/job-families/engineering/development/) 3. **Code Review Guidelines** * Examine [current project maintainer guidelines](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/workflow/code-review/#how-to-become-a-project-maintainer) and make updates to improve the Maintainership process * Make updates to the [Code Review Guidelines Handbook page](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/workflow/code-review/) 4. **Increasing Maintainership** * Develop a Roadmap to increase the number of maintainers for the following Projects: * TBD * TBD * TBD # Is there any guidance about how to create issues? To ensure Transparency, all issues that are related to this epic should include: 1. An Assigned to value 1. The ~"WorkingGroup::Maintainership" label 1. A [workflow status](https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/structure/working-groups/maintainership/#tracking-progress) label # Where can I find out more about the efforts of the Working Group? To learn more about the latest topics being discussed by the Maintainership Working Group, please refer to any of the items below: - [Agenda](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RuWhO2q7rsgSKrnSCf2xsOrp56SXBHe_z5XKDls5px8/edit#heading=h.ygkpxqdb3hij) - [Working Group Handbook Page](https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/structure/working-groups/maintainership/) - [Slack Channel](https://gitlab.slack.com/archives/C03CGL9DDL4) - [Board](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-com/-/boards/4208478?label_name[]=WorkingGroup%3A%3AMaintainership)