Software Engineer resume example

A strong software engineer resume leads with impact, not responsibilities. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both scan for the stack, the scale, and the outcome — so every bullet should pair a technology with a measurable result (latency cut, uptime held, revenue enabled).

This example keeps a single-column, ATS-safe structure and mirrors the vocabulary of the job description. Notice how each role names the languages and systems up front, then quantifies the effect on users, performance, or the business.

Daniel Whitfield

Software Engineer

Austin, TX daniel.whitfield@email.com +1 (512) 555-0147 danielwhitfield.dev linkedin.com/in/danielwhitfield github.com/dwhitfield

Summary

Software engineer with 6 years building and scaling full-stack web applications in TypeScript, React and Node.js. Ships production features end to end, owns reliability, and reduces cost — cut API latency 60% and infra spend 30% at a 4M-user SaaS.

Experience

Software Engineer II

Brightloop · Austin, TX

Aug 2022 — Present

Architected the notifications service into an event-driven queue (Node.js, SQS), cutting p95 latency from 900ms to 210ms and scaling throughput to 12m events/day.
Led migration of the core React application to TypeScript, reducing UI regression bugs by 41% quarter-over-quarter across 8 engineers.
Engineered contract tests and automated a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline, accelerating release cadence from weekly to daily across 12 months with zero rollbacks.

Full-Stack Developer

Cedar Analytics · Remote

Jun 2020 — Jul 2022

Built a self-serve analytics dashboard (React, GraphQL, PostgreSQL) adopted by 78% of enterprise accounts within 6 months.
Optimized database queries and deployed Redis caching, slashing average dashboard latency from 3,400ms to 1,100ms (68% reduction).
Engineered third-party integrations for Salesforce and HubSpot, reducing client onboarding time from 5 days to 6 hours.

Junior Software Engineer

Northgate Labs · Dallas, TX

Jul 2019 — May 2020

Delivered 20+ production features across a Python/React stack in an Agile team of 5 engineers, closing 9 story points per sprint.
Increased unit and integration test coverage from 34% to 78%, eliminating 15+ critical regressions across 12 months.

Skills

TypeScript · JavaScript · React · Node.js · Python · GraphQL · PostgreSQL · Redis · AWS · Docker · CI/CD · Jest

Education

University of Texas at Austin

B.S. Computer Science

2015 — 2019

Minor in Mathematics · ACM chapter

Software Engineer · Engineering Minimal template · single-column, ATS-safe.

ATS keywords for a Software Engineer resume

Applicant tracking systems match your resume against the job description's vocabulary. Mirror the terms below that are true of you — ideally with a metric attached.

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNode.jsPythonREST APIsGraphQLPostgreSQLAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDMicroservicesUnit TestingSystem DesignAgile

What recruiters look for

The exact stack from the job description near the top — language, framework, cloud.
Scale signals: requests/sec, users, data volume, uptime, latency percentiles.
Ownership verbs (architected, led, shipped) over passive 'responsible for'.
Evidence of testing, CI/CD and code review — not just feature output.
A tight one-page (or two for senior) layout that parses cleanly, no columns or tables.

Before & after: one bullet

Weak

Responsible for improving the performance of the checkout page.

Strong

Cut checkout page load from 4.1s to 1.3s (React + code-splitting), lifting conversion 9%.

Common mistakes to avoid

Listing every technology ever touched instead of the ones the role actually needs.
Task-based bullets ('worked on the backend') with no metric or outcome.
Burying senior work under a wall of junior tasks — lead with the highest-impact role.
Two-column or graphic templates that ATS parsers scramble.