ATS-FRIENDLY SOFTWARE ENGINEER RESUME TEMPLATE

Replace every bracketed section with your real details. Keep the section headings simple if you plan to upload this resume to an applicant tracking system.

NAME
[Your full name]
[City, State] | [Phone] | [Email] | [LinkedIn] | [Portfolio or GitHub if relevant]

TARGET TITLE
Software Engineer

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Software engineer with 5 years of experience building reliable web applications, improving performance, and partnering with product teams to ship customer-facing features.

Rewrite this summary with your own years of experience, strongest skills, industry context, and one or two proof points. Keep it short, specific, and aligned with the job description.

CORE SKILLS
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- APIs
- PostgreSQL
- Testing
- Git
- CI/CD

ATS KEYWORDS TO CONSIDER
- software development
- web applications
- API design
- performance optimization
- unit testing

Add keywords only when they honestly match your background. Put them in skills, experience bullets, projects, certifications, or tools. Do not stuff keywords into a random list.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
[Company Name] - Software Engineer
[Month Year] - [Present or Month Year]
- Built a React onboarding flow that improved new-user activation by 23% across 18,000 monthly users.
- Reduced API response time by 41% by redesigning database queries and adding targeted caching.
- Improved release quality by expanding unit and integration test coverage for core billing workflows.
- Partnered with product and design to ship 12 customer-facing features across two quarterly roadmap cycles.

Rewrite these bullets with your real work. Strong bullets usually include action, scope, tools, and result. If you do not have exact numbers, use honest context such as team size, frequency, project scope, customer volume, or time saved.

PROJECTS
[Project Name]
- Explain the problem, your role, the tools used, and the outcome.
- Include a link only if it is clean, current, and relevant.

EDUCATION
[Degree, Certification, Bootcamp, or Training]
[School or Provider] | [Year]

CERTIFICATIONS
- [Certification name, provider, year]

ATS CHECKLIST
- Use standard headings: Summary, Skills, Experience, Education, Projects, Certifications.
- Keep important information as selectable text.
- Use role-specific keywords truthfully.
- Avoid heavy graphics, tables, and text boxes for job portal uploads.
- Open the exported PDF before applying.