--- title: Traits of a senior software engineer | daily.dev description: Senior engineers are already expected to be technically deep and to deliver on time. Being a “technically deep” engineer is merely a tiny drop in the ocean for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/traits-of-a-senior-software-engineer-uodrl0sfa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Traits of a senior software engineer | daily.dev og:description: Senior engineers are already expected to be technically deep and to deliver on time. Being a “technically deep” engineer is merely a tiny drop in the ocean for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/traits-of-a-senior-software-engineer-uodrl0sfa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UOdrl0SfA.png og:image:alt: Traits of a senior software engineer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Traits of a senior software engineer **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 3 min read · 118 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Senior engineers are already expected to be technically deep and to deliver on time. Being a “technically deep” engineer is merely a tiny drop in the ocean for a promotion. Being reliable is particularly significant when collaborating with your manager. You should ensure that your work is visible to everyone on your team. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@robertwdev** · 0 upvotes > As a senior engineer myself I look for similar qualities in other developers as well. **@tech3br** · 0 upvotes > Great post. These points are reality. **@barmao** · 0 upvotes > Great read **@surajwasan** · 0 upvotes > nice **@m00nb0w** · 0 upvotes > Nice article! Can you start another article about how you gain or develop those traits ? :D ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/traits-of-a-senior-software-engineer-uodrl0sfa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Traits of a senior software engineer","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/traits-of-a-senior-software-engineer-uodrl0sfa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/traits-of-a-senior-software-engineer-uodrl0sfa"},"datePublished":"2022-05-08T21:54:06.496Z","dateModified":"2022-05-08T21:54:06.497Z","description":"Senior engineers are already expected to be technically deep and to deliver on time. 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These points are reality.","datePublished":"2022-05-09T04:18:52.108Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/UOdrl0SfA#c-m3Pxudx6A","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel Filgueira","url":"https://daily.dev/tech3br","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/49797722?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great read","datePublished":"2022-05-09T06:14:34.430Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/UOdrl0SfA#c-jkxx8vmWk","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Brian Barmao","url":"https://daily.dev/barmao","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GjBAZBLMkdrKMwT0ViSvZdaYCL6445g7ZVX1z-jLcY=s100"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"nice","datePublished":"2022-05-09T11:17:09.788Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/UOdrl0SfA#c-MXdJ-_6Wk","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Talk with Kapil Mehta and family","url":"https://daily.dev/surajwasan","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GjS4HlP6LXm_84s3DumbZdpk2TS8GrHs7T47vqaMQ=s100"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nice article! Can you start another article about how you gain or develop those traits ? :D","datePublished":"2022-06-07T03:42:24.849Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/UOdrl0SfA#c-LcxmKhJYv","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"m00nb0w","url":"https://daily.dev/m00nb0w","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto/v1654572701/avatars/56mEkn0puQqJ41mThfQ2G"}}]} ```