Tech
Entry-level software developer
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI mainly cuts entry-level positions: it is the start of the career that is changing. Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Writes and tests code for applications or websites, under the supervision of more experienced developers.
31 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- analyst of software
- application analyst
- application architect
- application developer
- application programmer
- application software developer
- applications engineer
- developer of software
- front end developer
- programmer
- programmer analyst
- programming analyst
- soft developer
- software analyst
- software analysts
- software architect
- software architects
- software designer
- software developer
- software developers
- software engineer
- software requirement analyst
- software requirements analyst
- software specialist
- solutions developer
- UI developer
- UI developers
- UI programmer
- user interface developer
- user interface developers
- user interface engineer
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
Stanford study based on ADP payroll data, revised in August 2026: in the jobs most exposed to AI (including software development and customer service), employment of 22- to 25-year-olds stands 19% below its expected path as of June 2026 (13% in the first version, July 2025 data). The figure covers all of these jobs, not developers alone. Workers over 30 in the same jobs keep growing. For software developers as a whole, the BLS projects +10.2% between 2025 and 2035.
- Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of AIStanford Digital Economy Lab · 2025, revised August 2026 · academic study
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.