UX Designer

Aka User Experience Designer. This role comes in various forms: desktop, Web, mobile,
wearables. Typical responsibilities / skills: design software interface flow, user interactions,
screen layout and organization, screen interaction (between screens), overall appearance
(visual design), and optimizes the user experience typically through iterative improvements
and user feedback, to create engaging user experiences; create wireframes or more realistic
prototypes possibly with the help of front-end web developers or a web designer with the
necessary development skills; recommend design patterns that are both tested (on other Web
sites or apps or desktop software) as well as appropriate to the software at hand; define A/B
Split Testing studies to determine which variation of an interface is more engaging. In some
companies, UX teams own an application instead of a designated content owner and can thus
request changes from software developers directly as needed. This is not necessarily a strictly
technical role, and is always a creative role that involves an understanding of user psychology.
However, it can require technical skills, especially if combined with another role, such as frontend Web development or front-end mobile app development. At the least, an understanding
what is and is not possible for a particular software platform is important.

Salary range: $ 65-150K

Mobile Applications Developer

This covers multiple related roles which require knowledge of at least one mobile operating
system and development platform, such as Android or iOS, and the underlying programming
languages. In some roles, Mobile Web development skills are a requirement. Typical
responsibilities / skills: design, write and maintain mobile application code; port features for an
app from another platform (such as desktop, Web, phone, tablet, wearable computing) to the
mobile platform in question; integrate databases (internal) and REST APIs (internal and
external); produce API components as necessary and document usage for other developers
(internal and sometimes external); devise and run code tests in simulator or hardware; work with
Quality Assurance staff for additional; testing log and fix defects. The role can sometimes
require design skills for a front-end position.

Salary range: $ 100-144K

Web Developer

This is a wide-ranging role that can include front-end (Web browser: JavaScript, HTML, CSS
and related technologies) and back-end coding, or require specialization. Back-end coding
could be using Java, Ruby, Python or Perl, etc., and might involve database queries and
manipulation. A person focusing on back-end web development might also develop APIs
(Application Programmer Interfaces) which layout a blueprint of commands for allowing
integration of a software platform beyond its own code such as for building the mobile version
of a Web application, etc. Some jobs labeled Web Developer also have an expectation of
front-end design, though such a role is usually denoted as Web Designer / Developer. Another
role in this category is a Web Applications Developer, which involves integrating 3rd-party Web
technologies.

Salary range: $ 60-135K