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SOP-011: Engineer Onboarding
Version: 1.0 · Owner: Engineering Manager
Purpose & scope
Bring a new engineer to productive, compliant contribution within five business days.
Day 1 — Access & environment
| Step | Action | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS SSO, Git, Backstage, PagerDuty (if on-call roster) — permission sets per Identity guide | IT + EM |
| 2 | Clone monorepo; install pre-commit hooks | DEV buddy |
| 3 | Open devcontainer or make dev; run test suite once | DEV buddy |
| 4 | Cursor enterprise + MCP servers configured | AIPO doc |
Day 2 — Context
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 5 | Read GOVERNANCE.md + SOP-010; sign acknowledgment |
| 6 | Backstage tour: service catalog, TechDocs, ADR index |
| 7 | Review 2 Accepted ADRs for team's domain |
Day 3 — Process walkthrough
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 8 | Shadow PR review (SOP-005) |
| 9 | Walk through spec → implement flow with buddy (SOP-003, SOP-004) |
Day 4–5 — First contribution
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 10 | Pick "good first issue" with Approved spec already in place |
| 11 | Open PR; buddy reviews |
| 12 | EM confirms onboarding checklist complete |
Definition of Done
- [ ] All access provisioned
- [ ] Local tests pass
- [ ] AI policy signed
- [ ] First PR merged or in review