Scotty Moore was a software engineer.
A lead programmer is a software engineer in charge of one or more software projects . Winfield Scott `` Scotty '' Moore III ( December 27 , 1931 -- June 28 , 2016 ) was an American guitarist and recording engineer . A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to the design , development , maintenance , testing , and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers or anything containing software work .