---
type: "term"
title: "Programmer"
description: "A development role focused on architecture and strategy, responsible for designing overall software architecture and component interactions, making strategic decisions about frameworks and protocols, establishing secure coding standards and security requirements, and considering system wide security implications."
resource: "tlctc:term:programmer"
tags:
  - "glossary"
---
# Programmer

A development role focused on architecture and strategy, responsible for designing overall software architecture and component interactions, making strategic decisions about frameworks and protocols, establishing secure coding standards and security requirements, and considering system-wide security implications. Primary responsibility for addressing threat clusters #1, #4, #5, #10 at an architectural level. Contrasts with the Coder role which focuses on implementation and craftsmanship.

**Related reading:** [Taming SonarQube with TLCTC (Secure-Dev pt 2)](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-sdlc-dev-blog.html), [Programmer vs Coder in TLCTC (Secure-Dev pt 1)](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-sdlc-prog-coder.html), [Adding the Developer's View to TLCTC](https://www.tlctc.net/tlctc-definitions-sdlc-prog-coder.html)