Alternative Careers for Software Engineers

Create educational content (summaries, interactive explanations, exercises) for IT apprenticeship programs, collaborating with designers to build e-learning materials. Requires translating complex technical concepts into accessible learning content rather than writing code.

Work directly with founders and customers on high-impact, ambiguous problems in renewable energy—translating complex requirements into solutions through analysis, prototyping, and forward-deployed execution rather than writing production code.

Lead end-to-end project delivery for XR, 3D, and AI applications, acting as the central coordinator between clients, development teams, and leadership. Day-to-day involves planning sprints, managing budgets and timelines, facilitating cross-functional communication, and ensuring quality standards are met.

Lead product strategy and lifecycle management for international health insurance products, translating market/customer needs into technical requirements while collaborating closely with engineering, data, and UX teams.

Define product vision and strategy for data/inventory systems, prioritize features by business impact, and collaborate with technical teams to translate complex capabilities into measurable outcomes. Involves stakeholder management, cross-team coordination, and strategic decision-making rather than hands-on coding.

Design and architect scalable AI platform solutions across Azure and on-premises infrastructure, focusing on system design, stakeholder alignment, and technical strategy rather than hands-on coding. Involves bridging business requirements with technical implementation for AI agents and retrieval systems.

Bridge between banking clients and IT teams, translating complex financial/regulatory requirements into technical solutions through requirements analysis, documentation, and stakeholder management across the full project lifecycle.

Design and implement network architectures for clients, advising on infrastructure security and stability while managing projects from conception through delivery. Heavy focus on consulting, solution design, and client interaction rather than hands-on coding.

Managing the operational coordination and problem-solving around customer product launches, working across multiple teams to ensure smooth go-lives, troubleshoot issues, and maintain quality standards. Heavy focus on communication, process management, and cross-functional collaboration rather than coding.

Technical support engineer who helps customers troubleshoot issues with Dataiku's AI platform, providing guidance on product features and resolving technical problems across a global customer base.

Build and own financial modeling infrastructure, reporting systems, and strategic analysis for a fintech company. Day-to-day involves Excel-based financial modeling, data migration/cleanup, revenue metrics tracking, and providing executive insights on SaaS performance.

As Game Product Manager, you'll own the full lifecycle of game projects from concept through post-launch, making strategic decisions about market fit, budgets, timelines, and success metrics while coordinating across creative, engineering, marketing, and finance teams.

Tech Product Manager overseeing data platform products at a fintech company. Responsibilities include defining product strategy, ensuring engineering teams focus on high-ROI initiatives, and managing the data platform as a service offering across the organization.

Design member-facing flows for identity and income verification in a two-sided marketplace, balancing user experience with fraud prevention and trust/safety requirements. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, legal, and data teams to solve complex, sensitive design problems.

Turn raw business data into actionable insights by building dashboards, maintaining KPIs, and conducting analysis in Domo to support decision-making across the organization. Minimal coding required; focus is on understanding business needs and communicating data stories.

Work as a technical bridge between customers and the platform, guiding deployments, solving integration challenges, and collaborating with sales on technical evaluations. Heavy emphasis on customer problem-solving, system design consultation, and cross-functional collaboration rather than writing production code.

A Solutions Engineer role focused on pre-sales engineering for an AI-powered warehouse automation platform, involving client consultations, technical demonstrations, and supporting enterprise sales cycles rather than building product.

Partner with engineering teams to design and implement security practices throughout the development lifecycle, including threat modeling, secure code reviews, and building security tooling and standards rather than writing application code.

A Sales Engineer role focused on selling data security and AI solutions to enterprise clients, requiring technical depth to understand customer needs and demonstrate product value, while driving revenue through consultative selling.

Act as a technical liaison between customers and FireMon's internal teams, managing customer relationships, escalating technical issues, communicating product roadmap priorities, and ensuring customer needs are met across support, services, and product development.