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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.

01

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

Algorithms FundamentalsFree

Data Structures Fundamentals Clean Architecture Design Patterns 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)

02

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

Claude Code

Cursor GitHub Copilot Goose OpenAI Codex CLI Windsurf

Learning path

Relevant courses

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Core foundations

The concepts this role is built on.

Algorithms FundamentalsFree

Code Review Data Structures Fundamentals Debugging Techniques Programming Fundamentals Software Design Principles Software Engineering Fundamentals Software Testing Fundamentals Unit and Integration Testing Version Control Fundamentals (planned)

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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