Software Engineer Resume Example

Ship-focused, metric-driven, and ATS-ready

A strong software engineer resume leads with measurable impact — performance gains, users served, systems shipped — not a list of technologies. This example pairs a concise summary with quantified achievements and a clearly grouped tech stack so both recruiters and applicant tracking systems can parse your strengths fast.

ATS keywords for software engineer resumes

Work the terms that match the job description naturally into your resume so it ranks well in applicant tracking systems.

  • software engineer
  • full-stack development
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Node.js
  • REST APIs
  • CI/CD
  • system design
  • unit testing
  • Agile
  • Single-column, ATS-readable structure
  • Quantified, achievement-focused bullet points
  • Role-specific skills grouped for fast scanning

Priya Nair

priya.nair@email.com · +1 (512) 555-0119 · Austin, TX · https://linkedin.com/in/priyanair · https://github.com/priyanair

Professional summary

Software engineer with 6 years building and scaling backend and full-stack services. Comfortable owning features end to end — from API design to deployment and on-call — with a track record of cutting latency and shipping reliably.

Skills

Languages & Frameworks

TypeScript, Python, React, Node.js, Go

Platform

PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Professional experience

  • Software Engineer II

    Cobalt Systems — Austin, TX

    Apr 2021 – Present

    • Re-architected the billing service to event-driven processing, cutting p95 latency from 800ms to 210ms.
    • Shipped a self-serve admin API used by 30+ enterprise customers, reducing support tickets by 40%.
    • Mentored 2 engineers and introduced contract tests that cut integration regressions by half.
  • Software Engineer

    Tidewater Apps — Remote

    Jun 2018 – Mar 2021

    • Built React + Node features for a logistics platform serving 50K daily active users.
    • Reduced CI build times by 55% by parallelising test suites and caching dependencies.
    • Owned migration from REST to GraphQL for the mobile client, simplifying 12 endpoints.

Education

  • University of Texas at Austin

    B.S., Computer Science

    Relevant coursework: Data structures, operating systems, databases

    2014 – 2018

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate — Amazon Web Services — 2022

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