Alternative Careers for Software Engineers

Design intuitive user interfaces and user journeys for a communications management system, including wireframing, prototyping, and collaborating with developers to translate technical workflows into accessible user experiences.

Act as an external marketing director for B2B clients, managing holistic marketing strategy across channels and serving as the primary point of contact for strategic decision-making rather than tactical execution.

Work as an SAP logistics consultant helping clients optimize their business processes and implement SAP solutions, primarily through analysis, workshops, and project coordination rather than hands-on coding.

A hybrid sales and technical consulting role focused on building client relationships and driving adoption of a geotechnical software solution (GroundIQ) across European markets. You'll act as a bridge between enterprise clients and internal technical teams, using domain expertise to unlock opportunities in infrastructure and energy sectors.

Quality assurance and test planning role for electrical manufacturing, involving designing automated and digital inspection processes, programming measurement equipment, and managing quality issues across production and customer returns.

Design and create visual assets for premium trading card products, including card layouts, packaging, print files, and marketing materials. Work directly with production partners and licensing stakeholders to bring collector-focused products to market.

Own the technical strategy and optimization of a CRM platform (Braze) including campaign architecture, AI-driven personalization workflows, and transactional system reliability. Focus on system design, automation, and data-driven experimentation rather than day-to-day coding.

An entrepreneurial generalist role where you own cross-functional projects end-to-end at a scaling climate-tech startup, operating with significant autonomy to build processes and deliver results across business areas rather than writing code.

Manages compensation data, analytics, and reporting for a global financial services company. Day-to-day involves analyzing headcount and pay data, creating forecasts, designing compensation structures, and partnering with HR and finance teams to solve business problems.

Lead end-to-end bid and proposal processes for tech services, managing timelines, writing persuasive tender documents, and collaborating with technical teams to win new business contracts.

Manage and optimize internal IT systems and applications (Microsoft 365, HubSpot, Atlassian) for a software company, handling system stability, integrations, automation workflows, and second-level support for internal users.

Student worker role supporting IT operations at a logistics company: installing/configuring hardware and software, providing first-level technical support, managing user accounts and permissions, and documenting IT systems.

Student worker role in controlling/finance focused on building cost allocation models, analyzing accounting data, and developing contribution margin calculations in Excel and ERP systems. Involves financial data analysis and process documentation rather than coding.

System integration specialist responsible for onboarding healthcare clients onto AI-powered medical software, managing remote installations, troubleshooting infrastructure issues, and ensuring stable operations in medical practices. Work involves hands-on technical setup, customer support, and identifying/resolving recurring system problems.

Lead end-to-end IT projects focused on cloud migration and infrastructure automation for a healthcare organization. Manage planning, strategy development, and execution of complex migrations to platforms like Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

Bridge role translating complex infrastructure automation technology into clear B2B messaging and brand strategy. Combines technical communication, marketing strategy, and stakeholder management between sales and design teams.

You'll work directly with founders and executives to extract their expertise and transform it into polished LinkedIn content and broader media strategies, acting as a hybrid copywriter, project manager, and customer success partner.

SAP permissions and access control specialist who designs authorization frameworks, troubleshoots security issues, and advises clients on compliance—combining technical SAP knowledge with advisory and project consulting work.

Serve as the founder's right hand, managing executive priorities, coordinating cross-functional projects, preparing strategic decisions, and handling special initiatives while providing operational relief to leadership.

Create digital design assets, visual concepts, and UI/motion work for client projects while collaborating with creative directors and senior designers. Focus is on visual design, interaction patterns, and motion rather than code.