"a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines.." - [https://www.dictionary.com/browse/engineer https://www.dictionar

"a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines.." - [https://www.dictionary.com/browse/engineer https://www.dictionary.com/browse/engineer] I guess what it comes down to, is software a machine/engine? Also, the person who does the "slicing up a design, authoring markup and CSS, and sprinkling in a JS plugin or two" is or should be the designer, not the developer.