"software engineer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: software engineers [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from software engineering. Etymology templates: {{backformation|en|software engineering}} Back-formation from software engineering Head templates: {{en-noun}} software engineer (plural software engineers)
  1. One who designs and implements software solutions. Wikipedia link: software engineer Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Software engineering Related terms: code monkey, developer, IT, programmer, systems analyst Translations (one who designs and implements software solutions): програми́ст (programíst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), со́фтуерен инжене́р (sóftueren inženér) [masculine] (Bulgarian), разрабо́тчик на со́фтуер (razrabótčik na sóftuer) (Bulgarian), 軟件工程師 (Chinese Mandarin), 软件工程师 (ruǎnjiàn gōngchéngshī) (Chinese Mandarin), softwarový inženýr [masculine] (Czech), tarkvaraarendaja (Estonian), ohjelmistoinsinööri (Finnish), ingénieur informaticien (French), Softwareentwickler [masculine] (German), μηχανικός λογισμικού (michanikós logismikoú) [masculine] (Greek), szoftvermérnök (Hungarian), szoftverfejlesztő (Hungarian), innealtóir bogearraí [masculine] (Irish), ソフトウェアエンジニア (sofutowea-enjinia) (Japanese), វិស្វករកម្មវិធី (vɨhsvaʼkɑɑ-kamvithii) (Khmer), 소프트웨어 엔지니어 (sopeuteuweeo enjinieo) (Korean), engenheiro de software [masculine] (Portuguese), inginer software [masculine] (Romanian), инжене́р-программи́ст (inženér-programmíst) [masculine] (Russian), วิศวกรซอฟต์แวร์ (wít-sà-wá-gɔɔn-sɔ́ɔp-wɛɛ) (Thai), yazılım mühendisi (Turkish), kỹ sư phần mềm (Vietnamese)

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