[VolatileVoid]

Yes, it makes searching for a job harder. If you start looking for a position outside the banking/finance industry as a developer, nobody understands what a "VP" or an "Analyst" is and that it's meaningless (especially if you don't live in the US or on the east coast of the US).

Recruiters encouraged me to change it and/or edited my resume to read "Software Engineer" and then "Senior Software Engineer."

[ownagefool]

The recruiters are probably right but you could always just put (aka Software Developer) in brackets of something if you want to represent yourself with the title you were given.