You can’t disregard levels at large organizations if you care about your compensation. The behaviors you are referring to are “mid level behaviors” according t

You can’t disregard levels at large organizations if you care about your compensation. The behaviors you are referring to are “mid level behaviors” according to most guidelines. Coding ability only affects the leveling guideline between junior and mid. Everything else is about “scope”, “impact”, “managing ambiguity” and in the case of Google “writing a messenger app” Of course these are the official guidelines.