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Application Engineer Duties and Responsibilities

In order to provide applications and software that satisfy customers, an Application Engineer performs many different tasks. We analyzed job listings for Application Engineers in order to identify these core duties and responsibilities.

Develop Applications Application Engineers are responsible for designing, developing and implementing programs and applications. They must be able to do customer analysis to create applications that respond to customer needs and provide innovative solutions to common problems. They also perform prototyping, application tests and code reviews to ensure product is satisfactory.

Improve Existing Software Responsible for existing software in addition to new developments, Application Engineers perform debugging, testing, code improvement and re-designing tasks. They work with customer service and quality analysis teams to optimize products and ensure products stay up-to-date and continue to satisfy customer needs.

Provide Technical Support From application start-up through the warranty period, Application Engineers must provide customers with ongoing technical support. This support includes responding to customer issues, providing updated software that solves bug issues, performing installs for customers and working with the customer service team.

Assess Customer Base In order to design and re-design effective applications, Application Engineers must acquire and analyze customer needs and problems, making recommendations to the engineering team to satisfy needs and develop solutions. They generate ideas for software products that innovate and fill gaps in the current market.

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Application Engineer Resources

We searched the Web to find the best industry resources to help you continue exploring a career as an Application Engineer. From thought leaders to industry groups, this list is packed with opportunities to learn, connect and engage. On the Web

Coding Horror – Co-Founder of Stack Overflow talks about coding

Scott Hanselman – Popular programming blog

Women Who Code – A blog about programming focused on women Industry Groups

NSPE – National Society of Professional Engineers NAP – National Association of Programmers

AWC – Association for Women in Computing Application Engineer Books

Soft Skills – A software developer’s life manual

Programming: Computer Programming for Beginners – Basics of Java, SQL, and C++

Programming: C++ Programming – Learning C++ for beginners