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Software Developer Career

 

Software developers design, create, and maintain software for applications and systems. There are two main types of software developers: application software developers and systems software developers.

Application software focuses on mobile or web applications for consumers, while systems software developers create enterprise system solutions.

Both types of developers analyze, test, and improve software to better meet user needs. They oversee the entire software lifecycle, including designing individual parts, performing maintenance, and deploying upgrades.

Developers work closely with other IT professionals, such as programmers and quality assurance analysts. They also share many responsibilities with software engineers. However, software engineers take a broader approach and apply engineering principles to the entire system. Software developers focus more on finding specific solutions to users' software needs.

Software developers typically work in the computer systems design industry. Other common employers include financial and insurance institutions, software publishers, and manufacturers.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Design and Development: They design, build, test, and maintain software applications. This involves writing code, using programming languages, and following software development methodologies.
  • Problem-solving: At the heart of their work lies problem-solving. Developers analyze user needs, identify technical challenges, and come up with creative solutions through code.
  • Collaboration: Software development is rarely a one-person job. Developers collaborate with designers, project managers, and other engineers to ensure the project runs smoothly.

Types of Software Developers:

The software development world is vast, and developers can specialize in different areas:

  • Web Developers: They build and maintain web applications that run on web browsers. Languages like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are their forte.
  • Mobile Developers: These developers create applications for smartphones and tablets. They might use Java/Kotlin for Android or Swift for iOS development.
  • Software Engineers: They focus on the broader software development lifecycle, including design, architecture, testing, and deployment.
  • Game Developers: As the name suggests, they create video games! They use various programming languages and specialized game development engines.

Types of Software Developers

 

Most software developers fall into two major groups—applications and systems developers—with each of them performing similar tasks but focusing on a different aspect of development.

 

Applications Software Developer

 

Applications software developers, as the name implies, design applications or create databases or programs for use internally or online. Typically specializing in a single area of application development such as mobile phones, they design, create, test, program and update applications or games for use by consumers or specific customers. Their responsibilities include understanding their clients’ requirements and specifications, writing code to develop the application, creating prototypes, testing the app before it’s launched and debugging the app as errors are encountered.

 

Systems Software Developer

 

Systems software developers are focused on creating the operating systems for consumers or for a specific organization to use. Operating systems keep computers functioning and can be found in most of the consumer electronics we use today. This includes systems in mobile phones and automobiles. Systems software developers often build the interfaces that allow users to interact with computers.

 

What are the Job Duties of a Software Developer?

 

The job duties of a software developer typically include tasks such as overseeing software programming, testing software at various phases of completion, laying out software design, building models or diagrams to communicate the end goal and mapping out future software upgrades.

Software developers are usually further along in their career than software programmers, and depending on the company, work somewhere between management and execution. They are less likely to be involved in the actual day-to-day programming of the software, especially at larger companies, but they do review code for errors and find places where it could be improved. Usually, they begin their career as a software programmer and rise to the level of a developer.

Once a piece of software has been deployed, the job of a developer is still not finished. At this point, they will continue to monitor for bugs and issues that are uncovered by users. If a bug is found, they work with a smaller team of programmers to correct the issues and release software updates that resolve the problems. They will also release updates that change the design and functionality of the software in the event that its User Interface (UI) becomes dated or the objective of the software changes.

Date : 07 Oct, 2023

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