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 |
|---|---|
| Tab Atkins Jr. | — |
| Jean-Luc Vaillant | — |
| Elika J. Etemad | — |
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Michael McDermott
surface form:
Michael McDermott (software engineer)
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— |
| David L. Parnas | — |
| Barry W. Boehm | — |
| Gail C. Murphy | — |
| Andrew Gallant | — |
| Craig Federighi | — |
| Tobias Koppers | — |
| Scott Bradner | Internet engineer |
| Graham Dumpleton | — |
| Miguel Grinberg | — |
| Waldemar Celes | — |
| Dave Raggett | — |
| Charles Nutter | — |
| José Valim | — |
| Joe Armstrong | — |
| Prafulla Dhariwal | — |
| Robert Virding | — |
| Mike Williams | — |
| Ross Mason | — |
| Lee Holloway | — |
| Alan Snyder | — |
| Fred Brooks | — |
| Jake Lodwick | — |
| Herbert Xu | — |
| Noam Shazeer | — |
| Scott Gray | — |
| Eric Yuan | — |
| Rajat Monga | — |
| Robert Scheifler | — |
| Jeff Dean | — |
| Lee Daniel Crocker | — |
| Yangqing Jia | — |
| Jonathan Abrams | — |
| Gerald Combs | — |
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Rosenstein
surface form:
Justin Rosenstein
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— |
| Ian Hickson | — |
| Wei Dai | — |
| Ray Sidney | — |
| Judith Faulkner | — |
| Yukihiro Matsumoto | — |
| Avadis Tevanian Jr. | — |
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Avadis
surface form:
Avadis Tevanian
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— |
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Tevanian
surface form:
Avie Tevanian
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— |
| Theo de Raadt | — |
| Bertrand Serlet | — |
| Lloyd Tabb | — |
| Richard Greenblatt | — |