# Software Engineering

Skill · Software Development and Engineering Practices

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/software-engineering

Software Engineering is the discipline of applying systematic, engineering principles to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software systems. It encompasses practices like requirements analysis, architecture design, coding standards, testing, and lifecycle management to build reliable, scalable, and maintainable software. Software engineers work across industries building everything from mobile apps to large-scale distributed systems.

## Software Engineering in the job market

- Open roles: 8
- Employers hiring: 6
- Last checked: September 12, 2026

## Asked for alongside Software Engineering

Measured from the 8 open roles that name Software Engineering, not from a curated list.

- [Machine Learning](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/machine-learning) — 5 roles (62.5%)
- [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python) — 4 roles (50.0%)
- [Reinforcement Learning](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/reinforcement-learning) — 4 roles (50.0%)
- [Deep Learning](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/deep-learning) — 3 roles (37.5%)

## Roles that use Software Engineering

- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 3
- [Machine Learning Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/machine-learning-engineer) — 2
- [Product Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/product-manager) — 1
- [Research Scientist](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/research-scientist) — 1

## Employers hiring for Software Engineering

- [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio) — 2 open roles
- [Motional](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/motional) — 2 open roles
- [Cohere](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cohere) — 1 open role
- [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia) — 1 open role
- [Palantir](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/palantir) — 1 open role
- [Shield AI](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shield-ai) — 1 open role

Related skills: [Version Control](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/version-control), [Application Development](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/application-development), [Software Architecture](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/software-architecture), [Computer Science](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/computer-science), [Systems Development](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/systems-development), [AI Integrations](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ai-integrations), [Turing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/turing)

## Open roles requiring Software Engineering (8)

- [Product Manager - BioNeMo Inference](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/351eb2f8-df82-4f43-a048-b4d0877a5b7b/product-manager-bionemo-inference-at-nvidia) at [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia) — Full-time, Santa Clara, CA, $148,000 – $224,250
- [Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Intel, US Government](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/c13d1d24-8bd8-4275-8275-940a069eec73/forward-deployed-software-engineer-new-grad-intel-us-government-at-palantir) at [Palantir](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/palantir) — Full-time, Washington, DC, $135,000 – $145,000
- [Principal Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8227ab80-100a-47dd-8178-18106488ebc9/principal-engineer-at-motional) at [Motional](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/motional) — Remote U.S., $240,000 – $330,000
- [Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588)](https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/addd3b2a-4b3b-41d8-9821-1cf50a442836/apply) at [Shield AI](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shield-ai) — Washington, DC, $195,200 – $292,800 (listed on Shield AI's own careers site)
- [Research Engineer, Universes](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/24352381-c1ea-441a-97f0-b8091295ca45/research-engineer-universes-at-menlo-ventures-portfolio) at [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio) — Full-time, New York, NY · Remote, $500,000 – $850,000
- [Senior Research Scientist, Model Evaluation](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cohere/830c613b-d4bf-4673-ab33-46ccc12cc415/application) at [Cohere](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cohere) — Full-time, Toronto, San Francisco, Canada, Seattle, London, United States, New York · Remote, CA$250,000 – CA$535,000 (listed on Cohere's own careers site)
- [Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f5babdc8-d9be-4f0b-97b9-11850cfeee49/research-engineer-cybersecurity-rl-reinforcement-learning-at-menlo-ventures) at [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio) — Full-time, New York, NY, $300,000 – $405,000
- [Principal Engineer, Team Lead - Behaviors](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/60017180-cb39-4f4d-8483-715e05352e1c/principal-engineer-team-lead-behaviors-at-motional) at [Motional](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/motional) — Boston, MA · Remote, $240,000 – $330,000