Development Roles

UX Designer – responsible for designing the user interaction and flow
UI Developer – responsible for creating and coding the user interface in HTML, CSS, Javascript
Coder – writes software code, also known as a programmer
Front end developer – focused on UI elements eg javascript, HTML
Back end developer – focused on database and business logic layers e.g. SQL, C++, C#
Full stack – a developer that has both front and back end skills
Architect – develops conceptual modesl for the architecture (framework) of the solution
Designer
Business Analyst – understands the current and future state of a business flow/problem.
Tester – Tests the software performs as it is intended.
Team Leader – manages the team members in a team
Manager – manages team leaders or teams

SCRUM Roles

Penetration Tester – CREST approved, able to test an application or website for security vulnerabilities and mis-configuration.
White Hat Hacker – Ethical security expert who specialises in specific testing methods to penetrate a website vulnerabilities.
Automation Tester – a tester that has specific skills in writing software to automate test sequences, using tools such as cucumber, specflow, BDD, selenium
Load Tester – a tester who specialises in subjecting a website to various levels of load (simulated usage).
Performance Tester – a tester who specialises in monitoring and measuring the responsiveness of a website or application, especially under load.
DevOps – a person who crosses the boundary of development and IT operations, to build CI/CD pipelines to build software and deploy. Uses skills such as IaC infrastructure as code , cloud deployment, high availability, serverless.
SRE site reliability- engineer – an IT specialist responsible for a system in terms of uptime, latency, performance, load handling, deployment, change control, incident handling.
Security Analyst – someone with specialist knowledge of security standards (ISO27001), network, database, security policy, access control.

Often the depth of experience of the roles is indicated by a prefix of:

Intern – First stage, learning the entry level skills may be on an apprenticeship scheme.
Junior – entry level position.
Mid – wide or deep experience
Senior – very wide or very deep experience
Principal – often the most senior position in the department /organisation for that skill set.

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