This is where a strong tech-lead and coding style guidelines are a must on any team. There will always be code ramp-up time for any engineer, junior or senior,

This is where a strong tech-lead and coding style guidelines are a must on any team. There will always be code ramp-up time for any engineer, junior or senior, even if everything was written in plain old C. So you need to adhere to what you consider readable as a team and discourage cleverness.