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# Software Developer

You write the instructions that make apps and websites work.

When you build a program, you break a big job into small steps and check your logic. That is exactly what maths problems and code both ask you to do.

Category: Technology & Data
Page: https://lightmysky.com/careers/software-developer

## Subjects it draws on

- [Computing](https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing)
- [Mathematics](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics)

## The topics behind it

- [Simple Programs: Sequences and Instructions](https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing/simple-programs-sequences-and-instructions-mt_IUvBwahibH): A program is a list of steps in the right order, and this is where you start.
- [Programming with Loops and Variables](https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing/programming-with-loops-and-variables-mt_9x5zgShXPg): Loops let you repeat work without typing it a hundred times.
- [Advanced Multi-Step Problems](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/advanced-multi-step-problems-mt_FieL-vVTI_): Real software is a big problem split into small ones you solve in turn.
- [Constructing mathematical arguments](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/constructing-mathematical-arguments-mt_j5YqQnN6xe): You have to explain why your solution works, not just guess.
- [Simultaneous equations](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/simultaneous-equations-mt_mqgu72aCMz): Finding an unknown value is a bit like tracking down a bug in your code.

## Areas it leans on

- Computing: Computing Fundamentals
- Mathematics: Mathematical Thinking
- Mathematics: Algebra