(かいはつしゃ)

かいはつしゃ
noun
developer; creator; inventor
occupation
1. developer; creator; inventor
A person who develops something — software, products, technologies, land, or other projects. In modern usage, often refers to software developers.
このアプリ開発者(かいはつしゃ)(だれ)です
Who is the developer of this app?
開発者(かいはつしゃ)()ドキュメント公開(こうかい)された
Documentation for developers was released.
The developer of the new vaccine received the Nobel Prize.

Forms

開発(かいはつ) (development) + (しゃ) (person). The suffix ~(しゃ) creates agent nouns from action nouns.

Common collocations

  • ソフトウェア開発者(かいはつしゃ) (software developer)
  • アプリ開発者(かいはつしゃ) (app developer)
  • 開発者(かいはつしゃ)()け (aimed at developers)
  • 開発者(かいはつしゃ)コミュニティ (developer community)

Related words

  • 開発(かいはつ) (development)
  • 開発元(かいはつもと) (developing company/organization)
  • デベロッパー (developer — loanword, often used for real estate developers)