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Software Engineering Mid-Level

SWE.GEN.P3

P3P3 — Mid-Level Professionalmedium0.70draftglobalv1

Mid Professional Software Engineer: Engineers handle moderately complex features more independently.

Summary

Mid Professional Software Engineer: Engineers handle moderately complex features more independently.

Level — P3 — Mid-Level Professional

Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects

Scope
Features or a sub-system end-to-end
Autonomy
Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
Complexity
Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
Impact
Project / team outcomes
Decision rights
Owns implementation decisions for own scope
Leadership
Mentors juniors informally
Typical experience
3–5 yrs

Core outputs

No core outputs recorded yet.

Components

Responsibilities17

  • Deliver features of moderate complexitycommonlevel
  • Assist otherscommonlevel
  • Contribute to project planningcommonlevel
  • Ensure code qualitycommonlevel
  • Participate in technical discussionscommonlevel
  • Deliver featurescommonlevel
  • Improve cycle timecommonlevel
  • Review codecommonlevel
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teamscommonlevel
  • Optimize existing systemscommonlevel
  • Design software solutionscommonlevel
  • Code applications using Java, JavaScript, C#commonlevel
  • Maintain and update software systemscommonlevel
  • Participate in code reviewscommonlevel
  • Implement software testing and debuggingcommonlevel
  • Document software development processescommonlevel
  • Ensure software performance and scalabilitycommonlevel

Tasks12

  • Deliver moderate complexity featurescommonlevel
  • Assist team memberscommonlevel
  • Plan projectscommonlevel
  • Ensure code qualitycommonlevel
  • Participate in discussionscommonlevel
  • Develop and deliver software featurescommonlevel
  • Optimize code for performancecommonlevel
  • Participate in agile ceremoniescommonlevel
  • Develop software applicationscommonlevel
  • Conduct software testingcommonlevel
  • Maintain software documentationcommonlevel
  • Collaborate with team memberscommonlevel

Skills16

  • Feature developmentcommonlevel
  • Project planningcommonlevel
  • Mentorshipcommonlevel
  • Code quality assurancecommonlevel
  • Technical communicationcommonlevel
  • Agile methodologiescommonlevel
  • Code optimizationcommonlevel
  • System analysiscommonlevel
  • Collaborationcommonlevel
  • Coding in multiple languagescommonlevel
  • Software design patternscommonlevel
  • Version control systemscommonlevel
  • Debugging and troubleshootingcommonlevel
  • Software testingcommonlevel
  • Continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD)commonlevel
  • API developmentcommonlevel

Knowledge17

  • Best practices in software developmentcommonlevel
  • Project planning techniquescommonlevel
  • Mentorship strategiescommonlevel
  • Code quality standardscommonlevel
  • Technical communicationcommonlevel
  • Software development lifecyclecommonlevel
  • Agile methodologiescommonlevel
  • System design principlescommonlevel
  • Optimization techniquescommonlevel
  • Code review best practicescommonlevel
  • Agile frameworkscommonlevel
  • Programming languagescommonlevel
  • Software architecturecommonlevel
  • Database managementcommonlevel
  • User interface designcommonlevel
  • Cloud computingcommonlevel
  • Cybersecurity principlescommonlevel

competency18

  • Strong coding skillscommonlevel
  • Familiarity with best practicescommonlevel
  • Project planningcommonlevel
  • Technical mentorshipcommonlevel
  • Communicationcommonlevel
  • Efficiencycommonlevel
  • Quality improvementscommonlevel
  • Increased outputcommonlevel
  • Cross-functional collaborationcommonlevel
  • System optimizationcommonlevel
  • Programming (Java, JavaScript, C#)commonlevel
  • Software Engineeringcommonlevel
  • Agile Developmentcommonlevel
  • Problem-solvingcommonlevel
  • Team collaborationcommonlevel
  • Attention to detailcommonlevel
  • Time managementcommonlevel
  • Adaptabilitycommonlevel

qualification12

  • Strong coding skills in primary stackcommonlevel
  • Owned a small-to-medium feature from design to releasecommonlevel
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fieldcommonlevel
  • Experience with project planningcommonlevel
  • Mentorship experiencecommonlevel
  • Proficiency in software developmentcommonlevel
  • Experience with agile methodologiescommonlevel
  • 3-5 years of software development experiencecommonlevel
  • Proficiency in programming languagescommonlevel
  • Experience with software engineering practicescommonlevel
  • Familiarity with agile developmentcommonlevel
  • Strong problem-solving skillscommonlevel

Title aliases

AliasTypeConfidenceApproved
Software Engineering IIIcommonmedium0.70
Software Engineering 3commonmedium0.66
Mid-Level Software Engineeringcommonmedium0.64
Software Engineer IIIcommonmedium0.70
Software Engineer 3commonmedium0.66
Mid-Level Software Engineercommonmedium0.64
Software Development IIIcommonmedium0.70
Software Development 3commonmedium0.66
Mid-Level Software Developmentcommonmedium0.64
Software Developer IIIcommonmedium0.70
Software Developer 3commonmedium0.66
Mid-Level Software Developercommonmedium0.64
Frontend Engineering IIIcommonmedium0.70
Frontend Engineering 3commonmedium0.66
Mid-Level Frontend Engineeringcommonmedium0.64
Frontend Engineer IIIcommonmedium0.70
Frontend Engineer 3commonmedium0.66
Mid-Level Frontend Engineercommonmedium0.64
Mid-Level Professionalcommonmedium0.50
Software Engineering Mid-Levelcommonmedium0.60
Mid Professionalcommonmedium0.50
Software Engineering Software & Applications Developercommonmedium0.60

Classification mappings

O*NET / SOC

  • code=15-1252.00title=Software Developerssource=corpusreviewStatus=approved