Software development

Software Engineer

Designs, implements, tests, reviews, and evolves maintainable software systems.

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Skill coverage

100%

8 of 8 skills

Course coverage

75%

38 of 51 courses

Skill coverage shows how much of the role's capability map already has a published course. Course coverage shows how much of the mapped course pipeline for this role has shipped.

Role skills: 8
Published coverage: 8
Relevant courses: 38

Capability map

Skills

Importance describes how central each capability is to the role. Course coverage shows where you can build the skill in the current OpenSkills catalog.

Software construction

4 capabilities

Programming
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Implements correct programs using appropriate language constructs and paradigms.
Course coverage
- Programming Fundamentals
- Software Engineering Fundamentals
- C ProgrammingFree
- C# Programming
- C++ Programming
- Dart Fundamentals
- Declarative Programming
- Elixir Fundamentals
- Go Fundamentals
- Haskell Fundamentals
- Java Fundamentals
- Kotlin Fundamentals
- Lua Fundamentals
- Object-Oriented Programming
- PHP Fundamentals
- TypeScript Fundamentals
- Functional Programming, JavaScript Fundamentals, Python Application Development, Ruby Fundamentals, Rust Fundamentals, Scala Fundamentals, Swift Fundamentals (planned)
Algorithms and data structures
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Selects data structures and algorithms with understood complexity.
Course coverage
Software design
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Applies modularity, abstraction, patterns, and architectural boundaries.
Course coverage
- Software Design Principles
- Software Architecture Fundamentals
- Error Handling, Legacy Software Modernization, Refactoring, SDK Design (planned)
Debugging
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Isolates and corrects defects using evidence and reproducible techniques.
Course coverage
- Debugging Techniques
- Concurrent Programming
- Software Profiling (planned)

Engineering practice

4 capabilities

Testing
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Uses layered automated tests to provide fast and credible feedback.
Course coverage
- Software Testing Fundamentals
- Unit and Integration Testing
Version control and review
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Collaborates through source control and effective code review.
Course coverage
- Code Review
- Advanced Git Workflows
- Open Source Software Development
- Trunk-Based Development
- Version Control Fundamentals (planned)
Software delivery
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Integrates, packages, and releases software through repeatable pipelines.
Course coverage
- Continuous IntegrationFree
- Jenkins Fundamentals
AI-assisted development
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Uses AI coding assistants and agentic tools to accelerate development while verifying and owning their output.
Course coverage

Learning path

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Core foundations

The concepts this role is built on.

Supporting knowledge

Adjacent knowledge that improves day-to-day judgment.

Advanced Git Workflows
C ProgrammingFree
C# Programming
C++ Programming
Claude Code
Clean Architecture
Concurrent Programming
Continuous IntegrationFree
Cursor
Dart Fundamentals
Declarative Programming
Design Patterns
Elixir Fundamentals
GitHub Copilot
Go Fundamentals
Goose
Haskell Fundamentals
Java Fundamentals
Jenkins Fundamentals
Kotlin Fundamentals
Lua Fundamentals
Object-Oriented Programming
Open Source Software Development
OpenAI Codex CLI
PHP Fundamentals
Software Architecture Fundamentals
Trunk-Based Development
TypeScript Fundamentals
Windsurf
Error Handling, Functional Programming, JavaScript Fundamentals, Legacy Software Modernization, Python Application Development, Refactoring, Ruby Fundamentals, Rust Fundamentals, Scala Fundamentals, SDK Design, Software Profiling, Swift Fundamentals (planned)

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Skills

Software construction

Programming

Algorithms and data structures

Software design

Debugging

Engineering practice

Testing

Version control and review

Software delivery

AI-assisted development

Relevant courses

Core foundations

Supporting knowledge

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