Alibaba P5 is a senior engineer.

Alibaba has two job grade systems, one is the P sequence, representing technology; the other is the M sequence, representing management.

P and M have a corresponding relationship.

P3 and below, low-end functional positions and outsourcing, there were campus recruitments of P3 in the early years, but now there are no more.

P4=specialist, fresh undergraduate, no corresponding management position, there are very few P4s now, Alibaba campus recruitment basically starts from P5, as long as the level is high.

P5=senior, fresh graduate, high-level fresh undergraduate. Social recruitment with high potential starting point (Alibaba social recruitment generally has 2 years of work experience, and the job grade starts from P6. Occasionally, some people with high potential and low work experience will also be recruited and given P5. Social recruitment of P5 will often be promoted to P6 quickly), no corresponding management position.

Starting from P6, the management position M sequence appears.

P6=M1

P6=senior, 1 to 2 years of work experience as a graduate student, or an outstanding fresh graduate student, starting from a fresh doctorate, or 3 years of work experience as an undergraduate, the main force of work.

M1=supervisor, usually a leader of a small team with fresh graduates or no more than P6.

The following is P7=M2, which needs to be mentioned separately. Only P7 and above in Alibaba will have options. Of course, some special departments have options as P6.

P7=expert, 3 to 5 years of work experience as a graduate student. There are also cases where outstanding graduate students are promoted to P7 in 1 year, but they are individual cases. Undergraduate students have 5 to 7 years of work experience and are the main force of work.

M2=manager, usually leading a line of functional modules, and some old P7s have more power.

Many directors of small companies are P7s when they jump to Alibaba. Alibaba P7s are hard currency in the industry. Many Alibaba P7s can often become directors when they go out to small companies.

Similarly, P7 is also the end of an ordinary person's personal struggle. Higher job levels do not completely rely on personal struggle.

The node from P7 (M2) to P8 (M3) is considered a dead end within Alibaba. Unless the business you are responsible for makes outstanding contributions, you will be a P7 for life.

P7 is often the most job-hopping, because there is no hope of internal promotion, so they will jump out for a few years and then see if they can recruit P8 from the society. External social recruitment of P8 is easier than internal promotion of P8.

P8=M3

P8=Senior expert, more than 5 years of postgraduate experience, more than 7 years of undergraduate experience, the highest level in the front line.

M3=Senior manager/director of some departments, generally responsible for the revenue of an entire business. The number of people led by an M3 is not fixed. Some M3s lead dozens of people, while others only lead 2

to 3. M3 is the most stressful management.

P8 of Alibaba usually goes to various Os in small companies. The top position that a general company can afford to poach is P8. It’s not that Alibaba people of higher levels don’t want to poach them, but they really can’t afford their salaries. The peak salary of P8 plus stocks is about 2 million yuan a year.

Most of the Alibaba people above P8 who leave Alibaba start their own businesses. The former CTO of Dingxiangyuan and the founder of Xiaodaoxixi were P8 before leaving Alibaba.

P9=M4

P9=senior expert. There is no fixed number of years required for P9, but industry influence is generally required.

M4=director/core director, generally responsible for the revenue of several large framework businesses.

When various scientific research experts come to Alibaba, they may be P9. Alibaba P9 is already the top position for workers. Except for a few experts, the group of people poached by Damo Academy are generally around P8P9.

P9 is the dream of all technical personnel. The famous security expert Yunshu was P9 when he left Alibaba.

P10=M5

P10=researcher/scientist, industry influence + influential achievements or scientific research directions.

M5=general manager of a branch company, general manager of a business unit of the parent company, the former general manager of Alipay Shanghai is M5.

P10 is the dream of all technicians.

The godfather of the online advertising industry, who has written the must-read book "Computational Advertising" for commercial products, the famous Zhihu Big V Bei Ming Cheng Hai Sheng, the current vice president of iFLYTEK, Liu Peng, was given P10 when he took the offer from Alibaba.

P11=M6

P11=senior researcher/chief scientist

M6=group vice president=various O

What is the level of P11? It is a level that even geniuses dare not hope for.

P12=chief researcher, a leader in various fields in Damo Academy, a living god in various academic circles, their value lies in exploring the future.

M7 to M9, the presidents of various groups, various Os, and the well-known legendary managers of Alibaba, such as Peng Lei, Lu Zhaoxi, Cai Chongxin, and Zeng Ming, are in this level range.

The best among them is Xiaoyaozi Zhang Yong.

M10, Jack Ma.