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Software Engineer resume example

A complete, ATS-friendly software engineer resume you can copy from: summary, experience bullets with real numbers and a skills line. The sample person is fictional; the wording works.

Jordan Ellis

jordan.ellis@email.com · (555) 014-2290 · Columbus, OH · linkedin.com/in/jordanellis

Summary

Software engineer with 5 years of experience building reliable web services in Python and TypeScript. Shipped a payments API that processes 2M requests a day at 99.9% uptime, and enjoys clear code reviews and simple designs.

Experience

Software Engineer 2022 – Present
  • Built a billing service in Go that handles $40M a year in invoices with zero reconciliation errors.
  • Cut page load time 45% by moving rendering to the edge and caching API responses.
  • Led the migration from a monolith to 6 services without a single hour of planned downtime.
Software Engineer 2019 – 2022
  • Wrote integration tests that raised coverage from 38% to 81% and halved production bugs.
  • Mentored 3 junior developers through their first on-call rotation.
  • Automated deploys with GitHub Actions, taking releases from weekly to several times a day.

Skills

Python · TypeScript · Go · PostgreSQL · AWS · Docker · Kubernetes · REST APIs · CI/CD · System design

Education

Degree or certificate relevant to the role 2019
Recruiter's noteRecruiters for engineering roles scan for the stack first. Put languages and tools in the skills line in the same words the posting uses, then prove them with numbers in your bullets.

How to write a software engineer summary

Three lines are enough: your title and years of experience, the one result you are proudest of, and what kind of work you want next. Write it last, after the bullets, so you can pull the strongest number into it.

Bullets that get past the scan

Start each bullet with a verb, keep it to one line or two, and end with a number: money, time, volume or percentage. Copy key words from the job posting exactly. An ATS matches words, so "Epic EHR" and "electronic health records" can count as different skills.

Format that the software reads

Use one column, standard headings (Summary, Experience, Skills, Education), your contact details in the body of the page and a common font. Export a PDF from Word or Google Docs so the text stays selectable. Every Halden template is built this way.

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