10 Types of Software Developers

A software is a  general name for all form of programs, and a program is a collection of instructions that performs a specific task when executed by a computer, people who write computer programs and develop software are called Programmers/Software Developers. Almost everything we do today is controlled by Software, our cars, TV Set, Phones etc  are all controlled by software, so you see software is running your life. Computers have created more jobs for people called software developers. Today we have different kinds of software developers, software developers are smart and intelligent people, and they transform theory into concrete substance.  Now let’s look at the 10 Types of Software Developers we have today

1 FRONT-END DEVELOPER

Theses tech geeks specializes on the code that runs on your web browsers. Front end developers build website using HTML/CSS, and the latest JavaScript framework. They are the ones responsible for that beautiful view you see on facebook, instagram, etc. They work closely with designers to get your static website up.

2 GAME DEVELOPERS

These guys create the codes for your favorite games that you play. Game developers most times specialize in a particular gamming framework. Most games developers themselves like playing games.

3 BACK-END DEVELOPERS

These guys write code that powers your webpage or mobile app, they do the stuff behind the scene, they manipulate database, and these guys are skilled in PHP, PYTHON and server side scripting language.

4 APPLICATION DEVELOPERS

Application Developers develops any kind of software that is to be used by a consumer or a person’s front-end. They create the internal tools to be used by big enterprises.

5 QA/TEST

These types of software developers are they are very important, they develop software that test other code, they are a little less popular  than other software developers

6 EMBEDED SYSTEMS DEVELOPERS

These guys write the low level code that powers most hardware you see every day. These codes can run before operating system even loads, they are the codes that hardware needs to function properly. Embedded developers work closely with hardware engineers because they are the ones writing the device drivers. This is software that makes your mouse, your keyboard and your camera works

7 LINUS KERNEL AND OS DEVELOPERS

This is a small group of people that develops operating system that all our programs and process run on, how different process is scheduled and how exactly do you manage all your files in your operating systems. Entry-level into this software engineering is pretty high and complicated

8 DEVOPS OR DEVELOPERS OPERATIONS

These types of Engineers are usually called network or system administrators; they handle the whole infrastructure and all the engineering needs behind any company. What type of computers do we need, how many computers we have to start with, how do we fix this latest security bugs etc. They manage all the process that makes the developers life really easy.

9 FULL-STACK DEVELOPERS

A full-stack developer is someone who is able to work on both the front-end and back-end of an application. They have knowledge in all stages of software development.

10 MOBILE ENGINEERS

Mobile Engineers are developers that write games like snapchat that we use in our phone every day. They also work closely with the designers, they usually specializes across different platform like android and IOS.