Alternative Careers for Software Engineers

Sales role focused on identifying client security needs, positioning cybersecurity solutions, and closing deals with enterprise clients. Requires understanding of security technology but emphasizes relationship-building and revenue targets over technical implementation.

Build and architect AI-powered automation systems for the GTM (go-to-market) function, partnering with sales/marketing leadership to implement intelligent workflows that drive revenue. This is a hybrid technical role that emphasizes system design and AI tooling over pure software engineering.

Act as a liaison between customers and technical/product teams, manage client onboarding implementations, investigate support issues, and gather feedback to improve processes. Heavy focus on customer advocacy and problem-solving rather than coding.

Full-cycle enterprise sales role focused on selling computer vision/AI safety solutions to Fortune 500 manufacturing and logistics companies. Day-to-day involves prospecting, product demos, stakeholder management, and closing deals while collaborating with technical teams.

Guide new customers through onboarding to Roofr's CRM platform, ensuring they achieve quick value and adoption. This involves running training sessions, troubleshooting implementation issues, and collaborating with product teams to improve the onboarding experience.

Design and develop automated test frameworks and scripts to ensure software quality, integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines and collaborating with development teams to catch bugs before release.

Design and oversee the technical architecture of a platform serving multiple products, focusing on authentication, data consolidation, and infrastructure modernization. Work with product teams to guide implementation and ensure platform scalability.

Manages clinical trial budgets, contracts, and payments by coordinating between study teams, clinical sites, and internal departments (legal, finance, procurement). Day-to-day involves budget creation, contract execution, payment reconciliation, and cross-functional process improvement.

Write SEO-optimized web content (product pages, blog posts, category descriptions) for client websites across various industries, blending technical accuracy with creative marketing copy and brand guidelines.

Sales role focused on acquiring new customers for a shipping software platform in the German-speaking region through cold outreach, demos, and relationship building. Minimal leverage of engineering skills but requires domain understanding of SaaS products.