Hiring a software engineer as a full-time employee for a temporary software project, then firing them, is a poor use of company resources. If you are talking a

Hiring a software engineer as a full-time employee for a temporary software project, then firing them, is a poor use of company resources. If you are talking about a contract software engineer, then you are correct that the worker rolls off. We typically don't see those considered "full-time jobs created" because they have a well-defined term and are never employees of the company.