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Software Engineer Resume Example

A complete, ATS-optimized software engineer resume template — with strong bullet point examples, the exact keywords recruiters search for, and formatting that passes automated screening.

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Standard template — ATS-friendly

Resume structure for software engineers

Contact & header

Include

  • Full name
  • Email address
  • LinkedIn URL
  • GitHub URL
  • City & state (no street address)

Skip

  • ✕Phone (optional)
  • ✕Photo
  • ✕Date of birth

Summary (optional)

Include

  • 2–3 sentences matching the target role
  • Mention your stack or specialty
  • Years of experience

Skip

  • ✕Objectives ('I'm looking for...')
  • ✕Generic phrases ('hard-working team player')

Work experience

Include

  • Company, title, dates, location
  • 3–5 bullet points per role
  • Metrics: %, $, scale, time

Skip

  • ✕Duties lists without outcomes
  • ✕Vague language ('worked on', 'helped with')

Skills

Include

  • Languages, frameworks, tools
  • Cloud/infra if relevant
  • Databases

Skip

  • ✕Self-ratings ('Expert', 'Proficient')
  • ✕Soft skills in the skills section

Education

Include

  • Degree, school, graduation year
  • GPA if > 3.5 and < 5 years ago

Skip

  • ✕High school (if you have a degree)
  • ✕Coursework lists
Bullet point examples

Weak vs. strong bullet points for SWE roles

✕ Weak

Worked on the backend API

✓ Strong

Built a REST API in Go serving 2M requests/day, reducing average latency from 180ms to 45ms

✕ Weak

Improved app performance

✓ Strong

Reduced page load time by 62% by migrating to server-side rendering and optimizing bundle size from 1.8MB to 420KB

✕ Weak

Helped with database migration

✓ Strong

Led migration of 15 Postgres tables to a new schema with zero downtime using blue-green deployment and feature flags

✕ Weak

Worked on frontend features

✓ Strong

Shipped 12 product features in 6 months as the sole frontend engineer, used by 40K monthly active users

✕ Weak

Fixed bugs and improved code quality

✓ Strong

Reduced critical bug rate by 73% by introducing E2E tests with Playwright and enforcing PR review standards

ATS Keywords

Keywords recruiters search for

Include the ones that match your actual experience. Never list skills you can't speak to in an interview.

Languages

PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptGoJavaRustC++SQL

Frameworks & Libraries

ReactNext.jsNode.jsFastAPIDjangoSpring BootgRPC

Infrastructure & DevOps

AWSGCPDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGitHub Actions

Concepts & Databases

REST APIsMicroservicesSystem DesignDistributed SystemsPostgreSQLRedisKafka

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