SWE

Technology & Computing abbreviation · Programming

SWE
Stands forSoftware engineer
CategoriesTechnology & Computing

SWE stands for Software engineer, a programming abbreviation also used in business.

A job title and common shorthand for a software engineer, a professional who designs, builds, tests and maintains software. Large tech companies use levels such as SWE I, SWE II and Senior SWE.

Example: Hiring: SWE II, backend, Go and Kubernetes, hybrid in Austin.

Usage notes

Also used for the discipline itself, software engineering, a phrase that gained prominence at the 1968 NATO Software Engineering Conference and was championed by Margaret Hamilton during the Apollo program. Some jurisdictions, including Canadian provinces, regulate the title "engineer", so employers there often prefer "developer". Pronounced as letters or "swee".

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