--- title: Build your engineering team like a dungeon party | daily.dev description: A framework for building balanced engineering teams using RPG dungeon party roles as a metaphor. The approach advocates for complementary skills over hiring... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-engineering-team-like-a-dungeon-party-mbuab2qup twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build your engineering team like a dungeon party | daily.dev og:description: A framework for building balanced engineering teams using RPG dungeon party roles as a metaphor. The approach advocates for complementary skills over hiring... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-engineering-team-like-a-dungeon-party-mbuab2qup og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mBUab2Qup.png og:image:alt: Build your engineering team like a dungeon party og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build your engineering team like a dungeon party **[Manager.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/zaidesanton)** · 7 min read · 204 upvotes · 27 comments ## Summary A framework for building balanced engineering teams using RPG dungeon party roles as a metaphor. The approach advocates for complementary skills over hiring only top performers, suggesting five archetypes: the warrior (senior problem-solver), the tank (reliable junior executor), the healer (people-focused and business-oriented), the wizard (architect/designer), and the rogue (versatile full-stack developer). Engineering managers should identify team gaps and adapt their own contributions to fill missing roles, whether that's handling small tasks, stakeholder management, or hands-on coding. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@denisb0** · 16 upvotes > Sometimes there is also a [gelatinous cube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube), who absorbs tech debt and keeps the systems working. **@orcdev** · 8 upvotes > Man! Type of article I needed! ⚔️ > > Thank you for this! **@ezpie** · 5 upvotes > no offense but I just love saying it. dungeons and dragons nerd alert. **@michaelmastrucci** · 4 upvotes > Gamifying (especially in the rpg genre) always grabs my attention. Additionally I like the attention to detail in the balancing of a team and also the pointing out that its common to always hire numerous same class individuals for a team that needs versatility **@idoshamun** · 3 upvotes > Only got triggered because warrior is mostly the tank --- Tags: [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-engineering-team-like-a-dungeon-party-mbuab2qup) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Build your engineering team like a dungeon party","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-engineering-team-like-a-dungeon-party-mbuab2qup","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-engineering-team-like-a-dungeon-party-mbuab2qup"},"datePublished":"2025-10-06T06:06:51.119Z","dateModified":"2025-10-06T06:07:13.098Z","description":"A framework for building balanced engineering teams using RPG dungeon party roles as a metaphor. 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