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Free software engineer resume example
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Software engineer with 5 years shipping TypeScript services on AWS. Recently cut checkout latency 40% and own CI/CD for a 9-person product team.
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Maya Chen
Software Engineer
Austin, TX · maya.chen@email.com · github.com/mayachen
Summary
Software engineer with 5 years shipping TypeScript services on AWS. Recently cut checkout latency 40% and own CI/CD for a 9-person product team.
Skills
Experience
Software Engineer · Northline Commerce · 2022 — Present
- Reduced p95 checkout latency 40% (420ms → 250ms) with Redis caching and query indexes.
- Built a TypeScript/Node inventory API serving 2.1M requests/day at 99.95% uptime.
- Added GitHub Actions → ECS deploys; median release time 90m → 12m.
Junior Software Engineer · Helio Labs · 2019 — 2022
- Shipped React admin tools used by 40 operations staff; cut ticket handle time 18%.
- Wrote pytest suites covering 70% of billing jobs; zero missed invoices in 2021.
Education
B.S. Computer Science — University of Texas at Austin, 2019
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ATS keywords for software engineers
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
- CI/CD
- REST APIs
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- system design
- unit testing
- GraphQL
Bullet formulas (bad → good)
Skip: Worked on the backend.
Write: Cut p95 API latency 40% (420ms → 250ms) by adding Redis caching for the checkout path.
Skip: Used React.
Write: Shipped a React/TypeScript dashboard used by 12k weekly active users; reduced JS bundle 28%.
Skip: Helped with DevOps.
Write: Moved deploys to GitHub Actions + ECS; release time fell from 90 minutes to 12.
Skip: Fixed bugs.
Write: Closed 47 Sev-2 bugs in Q3; added Playwright coverage that caught 3 regressions before prod.
Skip: Team player.
Write: Mentored 2 juniors through on-call; mean time to recover dropped from 4h to 55m.
Skip: Built APIs.
Write: Designed a GraphQL gateway in front of 6 REST services, removing 3 client round-trips.
What to skip for this role
- A photo
- Skill bars
- Every language you ever tried
- GPA after 3 years of work
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FAQs
- How long should a software engineer resume be?
- One page under ~10 years of experience; two pages if you have deep systems work with metrics. Recruiters scan, they do not read novels.
- Should I include a photo?
- No for US software roles. Photos waste ATS parse quality and invite bias.
- Do I put GitHub on a software engineer resume?
- Yes if the repos show production-quality code or a project with users. Link 1–2, not a dump of tutorials.
- GPA?
- Include only if you graduated in the last 3 years and it is 3.5+. Experienced engineers should drop it.
- Projects vs jobs?
- Jobs first. Projects belong below experience unless you are a fresher and the project is your strongest proof.
- One column or two?
- Prefer a single column for ATS. Two-column Harbor Professional can work if text stays real HTML, not a table.
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