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# interpret technical requirements — Software Engineer

As a Software Engineer, 'interpreting technical requirements' isn’t just *reading* a spec; it's actively translating ambiguous needs into concrete, implementable tasks. Daily this means dissecting user stories, API documentation (like OpenAPI/Swagger), database schemas, and architectural diagrams. You'll be asking clarifying questions – not because the document is 'bad', but because requirements are *always* incomplete at first pass. A typical task might involve taking a story like “As a user, I want to search for products” and figuring out: what fields should be searchable? What kind of search (exact match, fuzzy)? How should results be sorted/paginated?  Tools used heavily include Jira/Azure DevOps for requirement tracking, collaborative document editing (Confluence, Google Docs), and potentially modeling tools like UML or BPMN.

## Weitere Anreicherung

Stage-2 source for future practitioner grounding: arXiv cs.SE (software-engineering preprints).
