Maybe, maybe not, either way I don't think that's why it was phrased that way. I have no idea of the internals of the team, but I've seen the female terms used

Maybe, maybe not, either way I don't think that's why it was phrased that way. I have no idea of the internals of the team, but I've seen the female terms used instead of the male terms more frequently when referencing software engineers than in other fields. It's just how some people write it.