A software developer is a professional who develops software. Sometimes you hear a software developer referred to as a ‘Software Engineer’ or simply as a ‘developer’, but software developer is the most accepted term. Typically a software developer is trained in computer science, mathematics, or physics, but no matter what base education they posses, all must be able to write computer programs.

The software developer spends the day at a computer using software development tools to create application software. Developers normally work in small groups called teams and each team is normally responsible for creating a single application or program library.

Software developers are well paid making software development one of the fastest growing professions in the United States.