Software Developers
15-1252.00
Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis. Update software or enhance existing software capabilities. May work with computer hardware engineers to integrate hardware and software systems, and develop specifications and performance requirements. May maintain databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team.
Sample of reported job titles: Application Developer, Application Integration Engineer, Developer, Infrastructure Engineer, Network Engineer, Software Architect, Software Developer, Software Development Engineer, Software Engineer, Systems Engineer
Occupation-Specific Information
Tasks
- Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.
- Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
- Confer with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects.
- Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
- Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance.
- Coordinate installation of software system.
- Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design.
- Determine system performance standards.
- Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation.
- Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance.
- Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.
- Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, or security needs to determine hardware configuration.
- Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status.
- Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, or humidity in area of system installation.
- Specify power supply requirements and configuration.
- Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
- Supervise and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel.
- Supervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel.
- Train users to use new or modified equipment.
Technology Skills
- Access software - Citrix cloud computing software; PuTTY
- Administration software - Software distribution management software
- Analytical or scientific software - Data analysis software; Dynamic modeling software; IBM SPSS Statistics π₯; MathWorks Simulink; Minitab; SAS π₯; Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE; StataCorp Stata; The MathWorks MATLAB π₯
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Application server software -
Atlassian Bitbucket π₯; Docker
; GitHub π₯; GitLab π₯; Kubernetes ; Microservices Architecture; Oracle Application Server; Oracle WebLogic Server; Red Hat OpenShift π₯; Red Hat WildFly; Spring Boot
- Authentication server software - Single sign-on SSO
- Backup or archival software - Backup and archival software; Veritas NetBackup
- Business intelligence and data analysis software - Alteryx software π₯; IBM Cognos Impromptu; Microsoft Power BI π₯; MicroStrategy; Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition; Qlik Tech QlikView; Tableau π₯
- Cloud-based data access and sharing software - Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SharePoint π₯; Platform as a service PaaS; Slack π₯
- Cloud-based management software - Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation π₯; Google Cloud software; IBM WebSphere; IBM WebSphere MQ π₯; Oracle Cloud software π₯; Splunk Enterprise π₯
- Clustering software - VMware
- Communications server software - IBM Domino
- Computer based training software - Moodle
- Configuration management software - Automated installation software; Chef π₯; Configuration management software; Deployment software; IBM Rational ClearCase; IBM Terraform π₯; Patch management software; Perforce Helix software; Puppet π₯; Red Hat Ansible Engine; Visible Razor
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Content workflow software -
Atlassian JIRA ; Emerald Software Group Emerald Green Office
- Customer relationship management CRM software - Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge; Oracle Eloqua; Salesforce software π₯
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Data base management system software -
Amazon DynamoDB π₯; Amazon Kinesis; Apache Cassandra π₯; Apache Flume; Apache Hadoop π₯; Apache HBase; Apache Oozie; Apache Pig; Apache Solr; Computer Associates integrated data management system CA-IDMS; Data definition language DDL; Data manipulation language DML; Distributed database management software; Elasticsearch π₯; Microsoft transact-structural query language T-SQL; MongoDB π₯; NoSQL ; Oracle Database π₯; Oracle PL/SQL π₯; Redis π₯; Relational database management software; SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise; Structured Query Report SQR; Talend Big Data Integration; Teradata Database π₯
- Data base reporting software - DataVision; Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS π₯; Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer; Oracle Business Intelligence Suite; Oracle Reports; SAP Business Intelligence; SAP Crystal Reports
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Data base user interface and query software -
ADO.NET; Airtable; Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 π₯; Amazon Redshift π₯; Amazon Web Services AWS software ; Apache Hive π₯; Blackboard software; FileMaker Pro; GraphQL π₯; IBM DB2 π₯; IEA Software Emerald; Microsoft Access π₯; Microsoft SQL Server π₯; MySQL π₯; Oracle JDBC; ServiceNow π₯; Structured query language SQL ; Transact-SQL π₯
- Data mining software - Google Analytics π₯
- Desktop communications software - Skype
- Desktop publishing software - Adobe InDesign π₯; Microsoft Publisher
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Development environment software -
A programming language APL; ABC Compiler; Ada; Adobe ActionScript; Algorithmic language ALGOL; American National Standards Institute ANSI C; Apache Ant; Apache Kafka π₯; Apache Maven π₯; AWK; B-Method; Beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code BASIC; Bigloo Scheme; C ; Call-processing language CPL; Canu; Common business oriented language COBOL; Computer On-line Real-time Applications Language CORAL 66; Eclipse IDE π₯; Embarcadero JBuilder; Embedded systems development software; Event-driven State-machines Programming; Formula translation/translator FORTRAN; Forth; Gambit Scheme; Go π₯; Haskell; IBM Rational ClearQuest; IBM Rational Rose XDE; ICON programming language; Integrated development environment IDE software; Interface definition language IDL; Interstate connection ICON; J; JFrog Artifactory; Kotlin; List processing language LISP; Microsoft .NET Framework ; Microsoft Azure DevOps Services; Microsoft Azure software ; Microsoft ESP SDK; Microsoft PowerShell π₯; Microsoft Visual Basic π₯; Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA π₯; Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript; Microsoft Visual Studio π₯; MUMPS M; National Instruments LabVIEW; OpenAI ChatGPT; Oracle Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EE π₯; Oracle SQL Developer π₯; Pascal; Programming language one PL/I; Prolog; Restructured extended executor REXX; Ruby π₯; Scheme; Software development tools; Software libraries; String oriented symbolic language SNOBOL; Symantec Visual Cafe; Verilog; Web application software; Web service definition language WDSL; Xcode; XML Path Language XPATH
- Device drivers or system software - Microsoft DirectX
- Document management software - Adobe Acrobat π₯; Document management system software
- Electronic mail software - Google Gmail; IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook π₯
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Enterprise application integration software -
Atlassian Bamboo π₯; Enterprise application integration EAI software; Extensible markup language XML ; IBM InfoSphere DataStage; Jenkins CI ; Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS π₯; MuleSoft software; Oracle Fusion Middleware; SAP NetWeaver
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software - Enterprise resource planning ERP software; Management information systems MIS; Microsoft Dynamics π₯; Microsoft Dynamics GP; NetSuite ERP; Oracle Fusion Applications; Oracle Hyperion; Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft π₯; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP Business Objects; SAP software π₯; Workday software π₯
- Enterprise system management software - IBM Power Systems software
- Expert system software - Ansible software π₯
- Filesystem software - File server software
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File versioning software -
Apache Subversion SVN π₯; Git ; Version control software
- Financial analysis software - Delphi Technology; Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
- Graphical user interface development software - Figma π₯; Graphical user interface GUI builder software; Graphical user interface GUI design software; Salesforce Visualforce
- Graphics or photo imaging software - Adobe Creative Cloud software π₯; Adobe Illustrator π₯; Adobe Photoshop π₯; GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP; JamBoard; Open Graphics Library OpenGL; SmugMug Flickr; Trimble SketchUp Pro π₯
- Information retrieval or search software - Apache Avro; LexisNexis
- Instant messaging software - Blink; GroupMe
- Internet directory services software - Microsoft Active Directory π₯
- Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software - Voice over internet protocol VoIP system software
- Map creation software - ESRI ArcGIS software π₯
- Metadata management software - Informatica software π₯; Quest Erwin Data Modeler; Talend Data Fabric
- Network conferencing software - LogMeIn GoToWebinar
- Network monitoring software - Nagios; Wireshark
- Network operation system software - IBM z/OS operating systems
- Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software - Firewall software; Virtual private networking VPN software
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Object or component oriented development software -
ABC: the AspectBench Compiler for AspectJ; Advanced business application programming ABAP; Apache Groovy; Apache Spark π₯; C# ; C++ ; Collaborative Application Markup Language CAML; Common Lisp Object System CLOS; Component object model COM software; Component-based Scalable Logical Architecture CSLA; Distributed component object model DCOM software; Document Object Model DOM Scripting; E++ pattern language; Eiffel; Embarcadero Delphi; Gradle; jQuery π₯; Jupyter Notebook; Microsoft ActiveX; Microsoft Visual Basic.NET; Microsoft Visual C# .NET; Modula; Oberon; Objective C π₯; Objective Caml; Oracle Java ; Oracle Java Message Service JMS; Perl π₯; Python ; R π₯; RabbitMQ; SAP PowerBuilder; Scala π₯; Simple API for XML SAX; Smalltalk; Sun Microsystems Java Persistence API; Swift π₯; TypeScript
- Object oriented data base management software - Hibernate ORM π₯; PostgreSQL π₯
- Office suite software - LibreOffice; Microsoft Office software π₯
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Operating system software -
Apple iOS π₯; Apple macOS π₯; Bash π₯; Cisco IOS; Disk operating system DOS; Google Android π₯; Hewlett Packard HP-UX; IBM AIX; Job control language JCL; KornShell; Linux ; Magellan Firmware; Microsoft Windows π₯; Microsoft Windows Server π₯; Operating system shells; Operating system software; Oracle Solaris; QNX; Real time operating system RTOS software; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Shell script π₯; Ubuntu; UNIX π₯; UNIX Shell π₯; Win CE; Wind River VxWorks
- Platform interconnectivity software - Migration software
- Portal server software - Apache HTTP Server
- Presentation software - Google Slides; Microsoft PowerPoint π₯
- Process mapping and design software - Microsoft Visio π₯
- Program testing software - Defect tracking software; Dynamic analysis software; Fault testing software; Functional testing software; Hewlett Packard LoadRunner; IBM Rational PurifyPlus; Integration testing software; Interoperability testing software; JUnit π₯; Load testing software; Migration testing software; Mutation testing software; Recovery testing software; Regression testing software; Security testing software; Selenium π₯; SonarQube; Source code editor software; Static analysis software; Stress testing software; System testing software; Test design software; Test implementation software; Unit testing software; Usability testing software
- Project management software - Atlassian Confluence π₯; Microsoft Project π₯; Microsoft Team Foundation Server π₯; Microsoft Teams π₯; Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management π₯
- Requirements analysis and system architecture software - IBM Rational RequisitePro; Requirements management software; Unified modeling language UML
- Sales and marketing software - Marketo Marketing Automation π₯
- Spreadsheet software - Google Sheets π₯; Microsoft Excel π₯
- Storage networking software - Amazon Simple Storage Service S3 π₯; Storage area network SAN software
- Switch or router software - Border Gateway Protocol BGP π₯
- Transaction security and virus protection software - Encryption software; McAfee; NortonLifeLock cybersecurity software
- Transaction server software - Customer information control system CICS; IBM Middleware; Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS); Object Management Group Object Request Broker; Web server software
- Video conferencing software - Cisco Webex π₯; FaceTime; Google Meet; LogMeIn GoToMeeting; Zoom π₯
- Video creation and editing software - Adobe After Effects π₯; Flipgrid; Loom; Screencastify; YouTube
- Web page creation and editing software - Adobe Dreamweaver; Google Sites; LinkedIn π₯; Social media sites; WordPress π₯
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Web platform development software -
Adobe Flex; AJAX π₯; Allaire ColdFusion; Apache Struts; Apache Tomcat π₯; Backbone.js; Bootstrap π₯; Cascading style sheets CSS ; Django π₯; Drupal π₯; Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML; Eclipse Jersey π₯; Enterprise JavaBeans; Ext JS; Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML; Extensible stylesheet language transformations XSLT; Google Angular ; Hypertext markup language HTML ; JavaScript ; JavaScript framework software; JavaScript Object Notation JSON π₯; LAMP Stack; Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP π₯; Microsoft ASP.NET π₯; Microsoft ASP.NET Core MVC; Node.js ; Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP π₯; PHP π₯; React ; React Native; React Redux; RESTful API; Ruby on Rails π₯; Spring Framework ; Vue.js π₯
- Word processing software - 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs π₯; Microsoft OneNote; Microsoft Word π₯
Occupational Requirements
Work Activities
Detailed Work Activities
- Analyze project data to determine specifications or requirements.
- Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues.
- Collaborate with others to determine design specifications or details.
- Provide technical support for software maintenance or use.
- Coordinate software or hardware installation.
- Apply mathematical principles or statistical approaches to solve problems in scientific or applied fields.
- Modify software programs to improve performance.
- Design software applications.
- Develop performance metrics or standards related to information technology.
- Develop testing routines or procedures.
- Manage information technology projects or system activities.
- Monitor computer system performance to ensure proper operation.
- Communicate project information to others.
- Provide recommendations to others about computer hardware.
- Identify information technology project resource requirements.
- Document technical specifications or requirements.
- Assess database performance.
- Prepare data for analysis.
- Supervise information technology personnel.
- Assign duties or work schedules to employees.
- Teach others to use computer equipment or hardware.