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Software Engineer Resume Example

A strong software engineer resume leads with impact — shipped features, systems built, users unblocked — not a list of languages. This example follows a hiring-manager-friendly structure used by candidates hired at FAANG, Series B startups, and everywhere in between.

What recruiters look for

  • Quantify shipped work: latency wins, users onboarded, revenue enabled
  • Front-load your strongest stack — the one on the job spec
  • Show system design chops in bullets, not just a 'skills' list
  • Keep it to one page unless you have 8+ years of experience

Frequently asked questions

How long should a software engineer resume be?

One page for less than 8 years of experience. Two pages max — recruiters spend 6-8 seconds on the first pass.

Should I list every framework I've touched?

No. List the ones you can whiteboard in an interview. Recruiters call the bluffs.

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Alex Morgan

Senior Software Engineer · Distributed Systems

alex@example.com+1 415 555 0100San Francisco, CAalexmorgan.dev

Summary

Senior engineer with 7 years building high-throughput backend systems. Led migration of a 40M-req/day platform to Kubernetes, cutting p99 latency by 42% and infra spend by $180k/yr. Comfortable across the stack, happiest deep in the runtime.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer · Northwind
2022 — Present · San Francisco, CA
  • Led migration of monolithic API to Go microservices on Kubernetes; cut p99 latency from 380ms to 220ms and infra cost by $180k/year.
  • Designed a Redis-backed rate-limiter now protecting 40M requests/day across 12 services.
  • Mentored 5 engineers, 3 promoted to senior within 18 months.
Software Engineer · Kestrel Labs
2019 — 2022 · Remote
  • Shipped real-time analytics pipeline processing 8B events/month on Kafka + ClickHouse.
  • Reduced deployment time from 45 min to 4 min by rewriting CI in Bazel.

Education

University of Washington · BS, Computer Science
2015 — 2019 · Seattle, WA

GPA 3.8 · TA for Operating Systems

Skills

GoTypeScriptKubernetesPostgreSQLgRPCAWSTerraformRedisSystem Design

Languages

English (Native)

Links

GitHub — github.com/alexmorganLinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/alexmorgan

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