Here's a dirty little secret in the industry: titles don't matter. You can call yourself Senior VP of Super Awesome Engineering and nobody can stop you. You can

Here's a dirty little secret in the industry: titles don't matter. You can call yourself Senior VP of Super Awesome Engineering and nobody can stop you. You can even put it on your resume! In fact, if anyone calls your last company and asks about you, the most they'll usually say is "Yes, they worked here." That's it. Anything else invites liability, so they usually don't respond with anything else. Since your last job won't contradict you, there's nothing stopping you from calling yourself a senior engineer, if you really want to. The only thing that truly matters is whether you can convince another company to hire you at that level. You can skip Senior and go straight to Staff or Principal, if you want to -- but nobody will hire you unless you can back it up in an interview and once you land the job. The real question here is whether you can land a job as a senior given your skill set. Do you think you can? Since your resume is basically B.A. study + zero real-world experience? It's probably going to be a hard sell. But again, if you can land an interview, you may be able to convince the hiring manager that you're senior-level talent, even without years of experience in "real world" jobs. My guess is that you should go in as a non-senior Software Engineer, but find a company that is willing to let you level up as fast as you can demonstrate prowess and skill. There are companies out there that will do that. Good luck!