A lead developer is a software engineer in charge of one or more software projects. Alternative titles include, technical lead, lead software engineer, software design engineer lead (SDE lead), software development manager, software manager, or lead application developer. When primarily contributing in a high-level enterprise software design role, the title software architect (or similar) is often used.
A lead programmer’s exact responsibilities vary from company to company, but in general he or she is responsible for the underlying architecture for the software program, as well as for overseeing the work being done by any other software engineers working on the project. A lead developer will typically also act as a mentor for new or lower-level software developers or programmers as well as for all the members on the development team.
Although the responsibilities are primarily technical, lead developers also generally serve as an interface between the programmers and management, have ownership of development plans and have supervisorial responsibilities in delegating work and ensuring that software projects come in on time and under budget. Lead programmers also serve as technical advisers to management and provide programming perspective on requirements.
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