software engineer
C1684
concept
A software engineer is a professional who designs, develops, tests, and maintains software systems by applying principles of computer science and engineering to solve real-world problems.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| software engineer canonical | 345 |
| Internet engineer | 7 |
| software architect | 4 |
| computer graphics engineer | 1 |
| embedded software engineer | 1 |
| software craftsmanship advocate | 1 |
| software development consultant | 1 |
| software development role | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: software engineer
Generated description
A software engineer is a professional who designs, develops, tests, and maintains software systems by applying principles of computer science and engineering to solve real-world problems.
Instances (355)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ward Cunningham | — |
| In Sik Rhee | — |
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de Raadt
surface form:
Theo de Raadt
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| John Carmack | — |
| Cal Henderson | — |
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Tridgell
surface form:
Andrew Tridgell
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— |
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kees
surface form:
Kees Cook
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| Kristian Høgsberg | — |
| Ralph Johnson | — |
| Alan Kay | — |
| Dan Ingalls | — |
| James Clark | — |
| Alan Emtage | — |
| Jon Bosak | — |
| Niklaus Wirth | — |
| Nathan Blecharczyk | — |
| Ken Thompson | — |
| Michael Abrash | — |
| Arthur David Olson | — |
| Bryan Cantrill | — |
| Mike Shapiro | — |
| Adam Pisoni | — |
| Adam Leventhal | — |
| Anders Hejlsberg | — |
| Sanjay Ghemawat | — |
| Bruce Horn | — |
| Larry Kenyon | — |
| Mike Boich | — |
| Randy Wigginton | — |
| Butler Lampson | — |
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Joy
surface form:
Bill Joy
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| Eugene Belyaev | — |
| Ehud Shabtai | — |
| Amir Shinar | — |
| Brian Acton | — |
| Nikolai Durov | software architect |
| Guillaume Laforge | — |
| Jochen Theodorou | — |
| James Strachan | — |
| Cédric Champeau | — |
| Igor Babuschkin | — |
| Serguei Mourachov | — |
| Gavin Wood | — |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | — |
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Dinesh Chugtai in Silicon Valley
surface form:
Dinesh Chugtai
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| Junio C Hamano | — |
| Dinesh Chugtai | — |
| Laszlo Molnar | — |
| Chris Espinosa | — |
| Brian Bondy | — |