The backend software engineer
If a frontend developer is writing code for a browser, the backend software engineer writes code for the server. A backend engineer can write on many different platforms, but it’s a common name for web developers who write code for the server or server-side code. Common languages that backend engineers write in are C#, Java, Python, and SQL. Unlike the frontend, you won’t “see” what backend developers build. For example, a login page with textboxes and a clickable button will be built by a frontend engineer, but a backend engineer will be responsible for writing the code that checks whether your login information is correct. Backend software engineers focus on a variety of different specializations such as data, security, and deployments. Generally, a backend engineer will be focused on three things: data, building a way to share or use data, and optimizing the performance of the backend code. Let’s discuss each of these...