Software Engineer CV Example & Writing Guide
A strong software engineer CV balances technical depth with shipped-product impact. Lead with the stack you know best, then prove it with quantified outcomes.
Recommended CV structure
Header with GitHub/Portfolio links
One-line technical summary
Key skills grouped by domain (languages, frameworks, cloud, data)
Experience with scale/impact metrics
Selected projects with live links
Education and certifications
ATS keywords to include
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Quantified bullet examples
Refactored core checkout service to async architecture, reducing latency by 40% and supporting 2× traffic growth.
Led migration from monolith to microservices for the payments domain, cutting deploy incidents by 60%.
Built a real-time analytics pipeline processing 1M+ events/day using Kafka and PostgreSQL.
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