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Jenn Klein

Senior Backend Engineer · Stahls' · 2y 9mo

Review cadence: every 3 months · 2 goals · 9 action items (3 done)

Open profile 48%overall
Agreedon Sep 19, 2025 by Phil Murray
TSM check-ins are running.

Vision

Grow from Senior into a Staff Backend Engineer leading platform-wide design decisions.

Goals + action plan

The TSM logs a monthly check-in per goal. Action item status reflects what's done / in flight / blocked.

Lead the event-bus rearchitecture

Cross-team initiative - successful delivery makes the Staff promotion case.

KafkaDistributed systemsTechnical writing
On trackTarget Sep 30, 2026
Goal progress55%
Action plan
  • Draft the event-bus RFC
    Done Mar 10, 2026
  • Run RFC review with platform leads
    Done Mar 15, 2026
  • Ship the read-side phase to staging
    Target May 31, 2026
  • Ship the read-side phase to prod
    Target Jun 30, 2026
  • Post-launch retro + write-up
    Target Jul 15, 2026
TSM monthly check-ins
Read-only - TSM owns this
  • April 2026Sasha M. (TSM) · Apr 28, 2026

    RFC approved and the read-side is in staging. A schema-versioning edge case came up - Jenn proposed a versioned-envelope pattern, looks good. On track for the May prod rollout.

  • March 2026Sasha M. (TSM) · Mar 28, 2026

    RFC reviewed and approved. Discussion focused on rollback strategy - addressed. Implementation has started.

Mentor 2 mid-level engineers

Demonstrate force-multiplier behaviour expected at Staff level.

MentoringCode review
On trackTarget Dec 31, 2026
Goal progress40%
Action plan
  • Pair mentees + set 1:1 cadence
    Done Jan 22, 2026
  • Run a code-review masterclass
    Target May 31, 2026
  • Mentee #1 leads a design discussion
    Target Jul 31, 2026
  • Mentee #1 promoted to Senior
    Target Aug 31, 2026
TSM monthly check-ins
Read-only - TSM owns this
  • April 2026Sasha M. (TSM) · Apr 28, 2026

    Mentees engaged. Code-review masterclass scheduled for May. Mentee #1 is showing strong ownership signals in PRs.

Make a suggestion

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Your view of Jenn Kleinis unique — you see them on the engagement every day. Suggest a skill they should grow into, a direction worth exploring, or a resource that's helped people on similar paths. Talzy's TSM reviews suggestions before they reach the talent.

A specific capability they'd benefit from growing into. Be concrete: not 'better leadership' but 'running cross-team architecture reviews.'

Suggestions route through the TSM first — your engagement and the talent's plan stay coherent.

  • Pending TSMBig-picture directionPlayer-coach Team Lead in 2-3 years
    May 14, 2026

    “Jenn is exceptional at running the event-bus rollout - she mentors two engineers, holds the architecture line, and the team gravitates to her in reviews. I notice she's planning to stay pure IC, but from where I sit she'd be a phenomenal player-coach Team Lead in 2-3 years. Worth her considering even if she ultimately stays IC.”

  • Pending TSMSkill gapMulti-region deployment strategy
    May 12, 2026

    “We're expanding the platform to two new regions in Q3. Practical experience with multi-region rollouts (data residency, latency, fallback) would set her up to lead that conversation directly with us instead of going through a senior peer.”

Discussion

Talent ↔ client ↔ TSM. Use this to align before agreeing or to flag changes during a check-in.

  • Talent
    Jenn KleinSep 15, 2025

    Submitting this plan for sign-off. Two goals; happy to discuss the timelines.

  • Client
    Phil MurraySep 19, 2025

    Looks good. Aligned with the Staff promo plan we discussed.

  • TSM
    Sasha M.Sep 19, 2025

    Logged. I'll run monthly check-ins anchored to the goals from here.

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