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21231.00 – Software engineers and designers

Software engineers and designers research, design, evaluate, integrate and maintain software applications, technical environments, operating systems, embedded software, information warehouses and telecommunications software.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Application architect
  • Cloud infrastructure engineer
  • Cloud operations engineer
  • Computer software engineer
  • Embedded software engineer
  • Mobile development lead
  • Site reliability engineer
  • Software and information technology project manager
  • Software architect
  • Software design engineer
  • Software design project manager
  • Software design verification engineer
  • Software designer
  • Software project manager
  • Software systems integration engineer
  • Software technical architect
  • Software testing engineer
  • Telecommunications software engineer

Core competencies

  • Systems Analysis and Evaluation to identify opportunities for optimization, enhancement and integration through analysis of user requirements, system specifications and technical constraints in software projects
  • Digital Production and Digital Literacy to create, modify and maintain software applications by managing digital production tools, development environments and programming languages
  • Categorization Flexibility and Information Ordering to structure data, functions and components in a logical and coherent manner to ensure scalability, maintainability and usability of software systems
  • Fluency of Ideas to brainstorm and explore different design approaches, algorithms and architectures to address requirements and challenges in software engineering projects
  • Attention to Detail to ensure the accuracy, reliability and security of software applications when writing code, designing interfaces and testing software
  • Knowledge in Computer, Technology and Information Systems to understand existing and design new software applications and information technologies

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Collect and document users' requirements and develop logical and physical specifications
  • Research, evaluate and synthesize technical information to design, develop and test computer-based systems including mobile applications
  • Develop data, process and network models to optimize architecture and to evaluate the performance and reliability of designs
  • Plan, design and coordinate the development, installation, integration and operation of computer-based systems including mobile applications
  • Assess, test, troubleshoot, document, upgrade and develop maintenance procedures for operating systems, communications environments and applications software
  • May lead and coordinate teams of information systems professionals in the development of software and integrated information systems, process control software and other embedded software control systems.

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NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

2 – Natural and applied sciences and related occupations

TEER

1 – Occupations usually require a university degree

Major group

21 – Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences

Sub-major group

212 – Professional occupations in applied sciences (except engineering)

Minor group

2123 – Computer, software and Web designers and developers

Unit group

21231 – Software engineers and designers

Occupational profile

21231.00 – Software engineers and designers

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