Dear candidate,

ECE students are now a days getting lot of job opportunities other than core i.e mostly in IT companies.The IT companies usually demands software proficiency in OS or any other programming languages.Any ECE student if willing to pursue a software engineering job then they need to have good programming skills with a definite level of problem solving skills.The companies usually search for the candidates with the above knowledge. So you can learn the programming languages like C,C++,Java,python etc for the same.You need to be efficient in at least one of the above language. Moreover  if you are a fresher then you can add up more like any good work in app development or web development is very demanding these days.This will help you to stand out from others. Also good knowledge of dealing with OS and databases with cloud computing is always preferred.But don't go in a hurry if you are starting to prepare yourself for the software jobs then firstly deal with programming skills .Then step by step move ahead.

Apart from these in ECE only you have Embedded designing field or Verfication programming.So in ece also you can go for embedded developer/programmer or VHDL programmer(VLSI designing part).If you have done any internship or taken any projects for the above fields then you have a chance to avail a good opportunity.

So,In order to get a job having ece background in software company then you need good programming skills anyhow.

Hope it helps!