What You'll Do

  • Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
  • Perform or direct Web site updates.
  • Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
  • Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of problems.
  • Evaluate code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems.
  • Maintain understanding of current Web technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
  • Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
  • Develop databases that support Web applications and Web sites.
  • Renew domain name registrations.
  • Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.

Essential Skills

Programming 4.12/5
Critical Thinking 3.75/5
Reading Comprehension 3.62/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.62/5
Operations Analysis 3.62/5
Active Listening 3.5/5
Active Learning 3.5/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.38/5
Speaking 3.25/5
Writing 3.12/5
Systems Analysis 3.12/5
Monitoring 3.0/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.
  • Artist: Creating original work and expressing ideas feels natural.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Innovation, Dependability, Intellectual Curiosity, Adaptability

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Deductive Reasoning 3.88/5
Oral Comprehension 3.75/5
Written Comprehension 3.62/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.62/5
Near Vision 3.62/5
Inductive Reasoning 3.5/5
Information Ordering 3.5/5
Speech Recognition 3.38/5

Technologies & Tools

3M Post-it App Adobe Acrobat Adobe ActionScript Adobe After Effects Adobe Creative Cloud software Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Flex Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Advanced business application programming ABAP Airtable AJAX Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 Amazon Kinesis Amazon Redshift Amazon Simple Storage Service S3 Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation Amazon Web Services AWS software

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.71/5)
  • Innovation (High importance: 4.53/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.46/5)
  • Intellectual Curiosity (High importance: 4.39/5)
  • Adaptability (High importance: 4.37/5)

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How to Become One

This career typically requires vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some specialized training or certification may also be required.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Back End Developer Back End Engineer Back End Software Engineer Back-End Web Developer Computer Graphic Artist Computer Graphic Designer Front End Developer Front End Engineer Front End Software Engineer Front End Web Developer Full Stack Developer Full Stack Web Developer HTML Developer (HyperText Markup Language Developer) Interface Designer Internet Application Developer Internet Architect Internet Developer Internet Site Designer Internet Specialist Intranet Developer JavaScript Developer jQuery Developer Node.js Developer PHP Developer (Personal Home Page Developer) PHP Web Developer (Personal Home Page Web Developer) PHP Website Developer React.js Developer Ruby on Rails Developer Salesforce Developer Tableau Developer Technology Applications Engineer UI Developer (User Interface Developer) Web Application Developer Web Applications Developer Web Architect Web Consultant Web Content Developer Web Design Specialist Web Developer Web Engineer Web Infrastructure Developer Web Page Developer Web Producer Web Programmer Web Site Designer Web Site Developer Web Site Specialist Web Software Engineer Web Specialist Web Technician Webmaster Webmaster Analyst Website Manager Websphere Administrator WordPress Developer XML Developer (Extensible Markup Language Developer)

Career Fit FAQs

Is this career a good fit for me

This page shows the role itself. To see personal fit, use the assessment to compare your interests, motivations, and strengths against this career and against the role you are in now.

Can this help if I want to stay in my field

Yes. Many people use career pages like this to compare nearby roles in the same field and see whether they need a full switch or a better-fit version of the work they already know.

What should I compare first

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