Meanings
nounsoftware engineer (plural software engineers)
plural software engineers
- One who designs and implements software solutions.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Back-formation from software engineering.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مهندس برمجيات, مهندسة برمجيات
- مهندس برمجياتone who designs and implements software solutions
- مهندسة برمجياتone who designs and implements software solutions
Bulgarian програми́ст, со́фтуерен инжене́р
- програми́ст (programíst)one who designs and implements software solutions
- со́фтуерен инжене́р (sóftueren inženér)one who designs and implements software solutions
- разрабо́тчик на со́фтуер (razrabótčik na sóftuer)one who designs and implements software solutions
Chinese Mandarin 軟件工程師 /软件工程师
- 軟件工程師 /软件工程师 (ruǎnjiàn gōngchéngshī)one who designs and implements software solutions
Czech softwarový inženýr
- softwarový inženýrone who designs and implements software solutions
Estonian tarkvaraarendaja
- tarkvaraarendajaone who designs and implements software solutions
Finnish ohjelmistoinsinööri
- ohjelmistoinsinöörione who designs and implements software solutions
French ingénieur informaticien
- ingénieur informaticienone who designs and implements software solutions
German Softwareentwickler
- Softwareentwicklerone who designs and implements software solutions
Greek μηχανικός λογισμικού
- μηχανικός λογισμικού (michanikós logismikoú)one who designs and implements software solutions
Hebrew מהנדס תוכנה
- מהנדס תוכנה (mehandés tokhná)one who designs and implements software solutions
Hindi तंत्रांश अभियंता, तंत्रांश अभियंत्री
- तंत्रांश अभियंता (tantrāñś abhiyantā)one who designs and implements software solutions
- तंत्रांश अभियंत्री (tantrāñś abhiyantrī)one who designs and implements software solutions
Hungarian szoftvermérnök, szoftverfejlesztő
- szoftvermérnökone who designs and implements software solutions
- szoftverfejlesztőone who designs and implements software solutions
Irish innealtóir bogearraí
- innealtóir bogearraíone who designs and implements software solutions
Japanese ソフトウェアエンジニア
- ソフトウェアエンジニア (sofutowea-enjinia)one who designs and implements software solutions
Korean 소프트웨어 엔지니어
- 소프트웨어 엔지니어 (sopeuteuweeo enjinieo)one who designs and implements software solutions
Persian مهندس نرمافزار
- مهندس نرمافزار (mohandes-e narm-afzār)one who designs and implements software solutions
Polish inżynier oprogramowania, inżynierka oprogramowania
- inżynier oprogramowaniaone who designs and implements software solutions
- inżynierka oprogramowaniaone who designs and implements software solutions
Portuguese engenheiro de software
- engenheiro de softwareone who designs and implements software solutions
Romanian inginer software
- inginer softwareone who designs and implements software solutions
Russian инжене́р-программи́ст
- инжене́р-программи́ст (inženér-programmíst)one who designs and implements software solutions
Thai วิศวกรซอฟต์แวร์
- วิศวกรซอฟต์แวร์ (wít-sà-wá-gɔɔn-sɔ́ɔp-wɛɛ)one who designs and implements software solutions
Turkish yazılım mühendisi
- yazılım mühendisione who designs and implements software solutions
Vietnamese kỹ sư phần mềm
- kỹ sư phần mềmone who designs and implements software solutions
Cite this entry
APA
software engineer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/software%20engineer
MLA
“software engineer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/software%20engineer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “software engineer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/software%20engineer.
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