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Software Engineer and Software Developer are used interchangeably for the most part and I don't think you can really get any meaningful distinction just by the
by Bingaloopa 4y ago
Software Engineer and Software Developer are used interchangeably for the most part and I don't think you can really get any meaningful distinction just by the name (in most countries at least).
Some countries (Canada I think being one?) may require you be licensed/registered with an engineering body before you're allowed to call yourself an engineer, but thats not the case in most countries AFAIK
- Waterluvian 4y agoIndeed. I worked at a Canadian company that got a legal nastygram from the professional association saying to stop calling us engineers. Then I started working for an American company that was like shrug no laws against that. I just can’t say professional engineer. The whole thing makes a ton of sense when we’re building bridges or airplane safety rated computer systems, but not so much when building websites or whatnot.
- eddsh1994 4y agoI work on critical software and have the 'engineer' label, but do have a nagging feeling it's less structured than 'normal' engineering disciplines. I'm taking a part-time BEng to see if that's the case though!
- Sephr 4y agoYou can definitely call yourself a professional software engineer in the US.