senior developer
Experienced programming expert
A senior developer is an experienced software engineer who has progressed beyond entry-level positions, typically with five or more years of professional coding experience.
The title implies technical expertise, mentorship responsibilities, and involvement in architectural decisions: She was promoted to senior developer after leading the migration project.
What counts as "senior" varies widely between companies—at some, it's a milestone; at others, it's where most developers plateau.
- engineerTechnical design professional
- coderOne who programs
- programmerOne who writes software
- code monkeyDisparaging term for programmer
- tech leadSenior coder managing others
mentor · architect · debugging · rubber duck · stack overflow · code review · junior · team · software · keyboard · caffeine · meetings · deadlines · legacy code · tech debt · refactoring · git · pull request
- tech jobsprogrammer, coder, engineers, software developers, IT support
- Programmersprogrammer, coder, software engineer, web dev, indie dev
senior developerjunior developer
Entry-level software engineer
junior engineer · intern · new hire · individual contributor · newbie
senior, developer, seniors, seniority, develop, develops, developed, developing, development