How to become a web or Mobile applications developer
Official title: Web/Mobile applications developer
Also called: Mobile applications developer, Web developer
Web/Mobile applications developer researches, analyses and evaluates requirements for existing or new web and mobile applications. He/she designs, develops, tests and maintains web and mobile solutions to meet the requirements. He/she also evaluates programming codes to ensure that they are properly structured, meet industry standards and are compatible with browsers and devices. He/she may also develop website infrastructure and integrate websites with other computer applications.
Main tasks
- Researching, analysing and evaluating requirements for software, web, multimedia and games applications
- Designing and developing computer software, web, multimedia and games systems
- Consulting with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software
- Developing and directing software testing and validation procedures
- Modifying existing software to correct errors, to adapt it to new hardware or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance
- Directing software programming and development of documentation
- Assessing, developing, upgrading and documenting maintenance procedures for software, web, multimedia and games applications
- Assisting in analysing, specifying and developing Internet strategies, web-based methodologies and development plans
Ways in
- University: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 5 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a web or Mobile applications developer?
Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees.
Will AI change the work of a web or Mobile applications developer?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026