If my official job title in the position I currently hold is 'Web Developer', is it accurate and acceptable to instead put 'Software Engineer' or 'Software Developer' as my title for the role on LinkedIn?

Could you not just put "Developer" instead?

depends on what kind web stuff you do, if it's "just" churning out wordpress sites, no... but if you develop Gmail Inbox & DropBox grade web apps why not?

@itsdaniel0 I would consider that

If you are from Brazil you could put "Whore" and everyone would understand you are a software developer.
We are really underpaid in this fucking idiot country.

UPDATE: Actually I think there are more well paid wholes here than IT people. Lol

I would typically tend to say no, but it does depend on what exactly you do.

If you purely deal with HTML, CSS, graphics and client side JavaScript. Then no, I would say web developer.

If you are using something like angular, maybe a bit of Node.js too, writing unit tests, thinking about architecture, making re-usable components / modules, dealing with a database. Then sure software engineer is ok

@practiseSafeHex @heyheni the role is unusually broad and also involves UX & Design. Ruby on Rails with Angular.

@maltedMilk Definitely not trying not to lie. In the long term I'm working towards a back-end focus. It doesn't hurt to have a broad role at this point, especially since it's entry level and provides some solid perspective. I just want to frame myself in the best possible way for my long-term goals.

I'd stay away from engineer. In some places, like Quebec, it's a reserved title and you can be sued by the Order of Engineers if you wrongfully claim it.

How about "Systems Developer"?

@codesculptor whores are actually very well paid. Escorts especially, 150£+ per hour.

With just a few clients a day thats like having a cushy contract job's salary lol

@gratitude no, a UX / UI focused role is definitely a "web developer". You may want to transition to another role, but you can't call yourself that until you are

@theScientist no I disagree. A web developer implies "frontend web developer", at least here anyway.

I would absolutely say that someone making architecture decisions, developing the backend, database, as well as front end is far more than a web developer

Do you have a degree in engineering?

@adnanh Audio

In response to this thread, I'm pretty happy with sticking to the official title for the role