Resume Example

Software Engineer Resume Example

Engineering resumes get filtered on stack match first — the ATS is looking for your listed technologies against the posting's requirements before a human ever reads your project descriptions.

Professional Summary Example

Backend-focused Software Engineer with 3 years building and scaling REST APIs serving 2M+ daily requests. Shipped a caching layer that cut average response time by 40% and led migration of a legacy monolith to microservices.

Example Achievement Bullets

• Designed and shipped a Redis caching layer that reduced average API response time by 40% under peak load
• Led migration of a monolithic Node.js service into 4 independently deployable microservices, cutting deployment time from 45 to 8 minutes
• Built a CI/CD pipeline with automated testing that reduced production incidents by 60% over two quarters
• Mentored 2 junior engineers through onboarding, both promoted to mid-level within a year

Key Skills

ATS Keywords to Include

REST API, microservices, CI/CD, TypeScript, React, Node.js, AWS, Docker, unit testing, agile