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Software Engineer Resume Template

Engineering resumes get skimmed for three things: the stack you actually shipped with, the scale you worked at, and what changed because of your work. This template puts all three where a recruiter and an ATS look first. Open it in the builder, swap in your own projects, and download the PDF free.

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Most engineering roles are filled through Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby or Workday. A single-column layout keeps your skills and dates in reading order for all of them.

Section order: Summary, Skills, Experience, Projects, Education. New grads can move Projects and Education above Experience.

Jordan Lee

Software Engineer

Seattle, WA · (555) 201-4477 · [email protected] · linkedin.com/in/jordanlee

Profile Summary

Backend-leaning software engineer with 5 years building payment and billing systems in Go and TypeScript. Comfortable owning services end to end, from design docs to on-call. Looking for a team where reliability and product speed both matter.

Skills

Go · TypeScript · Python · React · Node.js · PostgreSQL · Redis · AWS · Docker · Terraform · GitHub Actions · System design

Experience

Software Engineer II — Ledgerline03/2022 – Present · Seattle, WA

• Rebuilt the payments retry queue in Go, cutting failed charges by 18% and saving on-call about 6 hours a week.

• Designed an idempotency layer for the billing API used by 40+ internal services, removing duplicate invoices from month-end reconciliation.

• Led the move from cron jobs to SQS workers, reducing p95 invoice generation time from 14 minutes to under 2.

• Mentor two junior engineers and run the team's weekly design review.

Software Engineer — Brightcart06/2019 – 02/2022 · Remote

• Shipped a React checkout redesign behind feature flags, lifting mobile conversion 9% across 1.2M monthly sessions.

• Built a Node.js pricing service with 99.95% uptime over 18 months, replacing logic duplicated across three apps.

• Added contract tests to the CI pipeline, cutting production rollbacks from about two a month to one a quarter.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science — University of Washington2019 · Seattle, WA
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How to fill in a software engineer resume

Lead with the stack, then prove it

List languages and frameworks in the Skills section, then make sure each one appears inside at least one bullet. A skill that only shows up in a list reads as a keyword dump to a hiring manager.

Show scale with real numbers

Requests per second, users, data volume, latency, deploy frequency, or team size. Pick the one that matters for the role. If you do not know the exact figure, use an honest range you can defend in an interview.

Keep links clickable and short

GitHub and a portfolio link belong in the header. Pin the two or three repositories you want a reviewer to open, and make sure the README explains what the project does.

Skip skill bars and ratings

A bar that says you are 80% at Python tells a parser nothing and invites the wrong question. Plain text skills grouped by type (Languages, Frameworks, Infrastructure) work better.

Turn duties into results

Recruiters skim for outcomes. Rewrite task bullets with what changed and how you know.

Before

Worked on the payments service.

After

Rebuilt the payments retry queue in Go, cutting failed charges by 18% and saving on-call about 6 hours a week.

Before

Responsible for front-end features.

After

Shipped a React checkout redesign behind feature flags, lifting mobile conversion 9% across 1.2M monthly sessions.

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Keywords software engineer postings ask for

Use the ones that are true for you, in context inside your bullets, not as a list at the bottom.

  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Go
  • React
  • Node.js
  • REST APIs
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • System design
  • Unit testing
  • Code review

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Software Engineer resume FAQ

Should a software engineer resume be one page?

One page is right for most engineers with under 8 to 10 years of experience. Senior and staff engineers with several relevant roles can use two pages if every bullet earns its place.

Do I need a projects section?

If you are early career or changing stacks, yes. Projects show the work your job titles do not. Experienced engineers can fold the best side projects into one short section or drop it.

Is a two-column resume bad for software engineering jobs?

Not always, but it is a risk. Some parsers read straight across the page and mix your sidebar skills into your job history. A single-column layout removes that risk at no cost.

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