Alternative Careers for Software Engineers

This role involves managing HR operations and employee data through HR systems (Workday, Lever, SolarWinds), including ticket resolution, onboarding workflows, data maintenance, and reporting. It's administrative HR work that requires attention to detail and system navigation rather than coding.

Build and lead a new sales team for BambooHR's European market, adapting the US sales playbook to regional needs while coordinating with marketing, product, and operations to drive pipeline generation and customer engagement.

A customer-facing leadership role focused on driving adoption and transformation for enterprise clients by aligning Gong's revenue AI platform with customer business goals. Involves strategic consulting, stakeholder management, and cross-team collaboration rather than technical implementation.

Build and manage strategic partnerships with consultants, advisors, and platforms to position Clozd as an embedded solution in customer workflows. Day-to-day involves relationship building, partnership strategy, and selling the value of the platform to ecosystem players rather than end customers.

Design and implement automated test suites for a DoD aircraft maintenance platform, working with engineers and stakeholders to validate system integrations and ensure reliability across distributed services. Focus is on test strategy and automation rather than feature development.

Implement and configure cloud security tools (CNAPP, CSPM, IaC scanning) for enterprise customers across AWS/Azure environments, working as a trusted advisor to help organizations optimize their security posture. Combines hands-on tool deployment with customer-facing consulting and architecture work.

Create social media content and marketing materials for a tech company's AI platform, including strategic planning, content design, and trend research. This is a creative communications role within a tech company rather than a pure design or engineering position.

Infrastructure automation specialist focused on configuring, optimizing and automating F5 load balancers and Web Application Firewalls in Google Cloud environments using Ansible and other IaC tools. Day-to-day involves infrastructure optimization, automation script development, monitoring, and documentation rather than application development.

Design and build machine learning models for real-time ad bidding systems, working at the intersection of data science, product strategy, and algorithmic optimization in a fast-paced ad tech environment.

Executive assistant role managing administrative operations, recruiting processes, and event coordination for a growing e-commerce marketing agency. Involves scheduling, candidate screening, hiring workflows, and logistics rather than technical work.

IT Service Engineer providing second-level technical support to end-users, handling ticket resolution, on-site troubleshooting, hardware/software maintenance, and system administration for workplace infrastructure including email, VPN, and CMDB systems.

Build and evaluate machine learning models (particularly LLM-based systems) to assess AI product quality and customer support effectiveness, collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into measurable ML solutions.

Lead the design and scaling of creative operations systems at Wolt, focusing on workflow automation, team structure, and introducing AI/production technology to streamline creative delivery at scale across global markets.

Student position creating digital and print graphics for a shoe brand, including banner design, video editing, social media content, and layout work across multiple channels and formats.

Bridge role between design and frontend development, building design systems in Figma and translating them into Vue.js/Nuxt components using Tailwind CSS. Focuses on visual identity, responsive layouts, and component architecture rather than pure feature development.

Independent headhunter/recruiter role focused on sourcing and placing executive and specialist candidates through direct outreach, database research, and candidate interviews. Involves business development, client management, and recruitment operations.

Manage online product presentation, email marketing campaigns, and website SEO/optimization for an e-commerce company. Role combines content creation, marketing strategy, and some technical website management.

System administrator role managing IT infrastructure, Windows clients, Active Directory, and Azure environments for a 25-person financial services company. Day-to-day involves infrastructure maintenance, user support, security monitoring setup, and modernization initiatives rather than software development.

Financial and accounting oversight for international solar tracker projects, managing budgets, invoicing, and project profitability across multiple international clients and internal stakeholders.

Manage end-to-end social media campaigns for major brands, coordinating between clients, creative teams, and external partners while making strategic creative decisions on video content and AI-generated assets.