At Dune, your career is yours to shape. There is opportunity everywhere and we hope you seek it out! Our frameworks exist to give some clarity around expectations, to support growth, and ensure fairness.
1. Clarity & Shared Expectations
Each framework defines the skills and competencies expected at every level. This gives us a shared understanding of what good looks like, helps us hold each other accountable, and enables ownership.
2. Growth & Progression
Frameworks highlight what strong performance looks like today — and what’s needed to grow to the next level. They exist to guide your development, not prescribe it.
3. Fairness & Integrity
By aligning on consistent criteria, we can assess performance and promotions more objectively.
4. Transparency & Trust
Role + Level + Compensation Philosophy = Your Pay. Levels help answer “Why am I paid this?” and build trust through openness.
These frameworks are intentionally broad as we want to avoid the headaches and stiffness that come with overly mechanistic, checkbox-style lists. We also don’t want to limit them to overly specific definitions that can change within a week at a dynamic startup.
They are not a promotion checklist for your role; rather, a guide designed to help you discover what impact you can create at your current level, and what your impact could look like at the next level.
Career Conversations - Template for Employees
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Click on the framework corresponding to your role for more information!