software developer

Software developers implement or program all kinds of software systems based on specifications and designs by using programming languages, tools, and platforms.

ESCO Code

2512.4

NACE Code

62.2 - Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities

62.1 - Computer programming activities

Scope note

Includes people performing software design.

Alternative Labels

battery software developer

application developer

application programmer

solutions developer

programmer

software specialist

software developers

applications engineer

soft developer

electric vehicle software development engineer

application software developer

software engineer

developer of software

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Narrower occupations

- blockchain developer

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

analyse software specifications create flowchart diagram debug software define technical requirements develop automated migration methods develop software prototype identify customer requirements interpret technical requirements manage engineering project perform scientific research use an application-specific interface use software design patterns use software libraries use technical drawing software utilise computer-aided software engineering tools

Essential Knowledge

ICT debugging tools computer programming engineering principles engineering processes integrated development environment software project management technical drawings tools for software configuration management web services

Optional Skills and Competences

adapt to changes in technological development plans collect customer feedback on applications design user interface develop creative ideas do cloud refactoring integrate system components migrate existing data use automatic programming use concurrent programming use functional programming use logic programming use object-oriented programming use query languages utilise machine learning

Optional Knowledge

ABAP AJAX APL ASP.NET Ajax Framework Ansible Apache Maven Apache Tomcat Assembly (computer programming) C# C++ COBOL CoffeeScript Common Lisp Drupal Eclipse (integrated development environment software) Erlang Groovy Haskell IBM WebSphere ICT security legislation Internet of Things Java (computer programming) JavaScript JavaScript Framework Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) KDevelop Lisp MATLAB ML (computer programming) Microsoft Visual C++ NoSQL Objective-C OpenEdge Advanced Business Language Oracle Application Development Framework PHP Pascal (computer programming) Perl Prolog (computer programming) Puppet (tools for software configuration management) Python (computer programming) R Ruby (computer programming) SAP R3 SAS language SPARK SQL STAF Salt (tools for software configuration management) Scala Scratch (computer programming) Smalltalk (computer programming) Swift (computer programming) TypeScript VBScript Visual Basic WordPress World Wide Web Consortium standards Xcode blockchain openness blockchain platforms cyber attack counter-measures data visualisation software defence standard procedures object-oriented modelling screen reader smart contract software anomalies software frameworks trading software

Skills Group Share

Concept status

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f2b15a0e-e65a-438a-affb-29b9d50b77d1

Status

released

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