Hmm, logical next step for someone with a few years of experience - it's very difficult to say. What has your experience been in ? The points you mention are ve

Hmm, logical next step for someone with a few years of experience - it's very difficult to say. What has your experience been in ? The points you mention are very generic so it's quite hard to respond :). However the general logical next step for a software engineer is to become a better software engineer and to learn to work in teams more effectively. Perhaps take up end to end ownership of larger systems.