Understanding anything is not binary, and evolves over time. Feeling like you understand something and then having at least some continuous hands-on experience are incomparable levels.
At the end, its just another part of your skillset with the general aim being the best / most experienced engineer to deliver best designed software for customer/company needs. There is no real seniority without being fully-versed in roughly everything that makes software stable and maintainable and delivering it. One cannot be had without the other.
At the end, its just another part of your skillset with the general aim being the best / most experienced engineer to deliver best designed software for customer/company needs. There is no real seniority without being fully-versed in roughly everything that makes software stable and maintainable and delivering it. One cannot be had without the other.