Career Galaxy / Engineering
Software Engineer
You build the products people open every day.
You design, write, and maintain software, working across front end, back end, or both depending on the team.
Entry level friendlyHands on buildingDesigningEarning potentialFlexibilityCreativity
Entry
$80k
Median
$130k
Senior
$190k
Outlook: Growing faster than average. Ranges are US estimates and vary by market and employer.
A day in the life
- Break a feature into shippable pieces
- Review a teammate's pull request
- Fix a bug you can reproduce in a test
Skills that matter
A primary languageVersion controlTestingCode review
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