Software engineer resume guide
A strong software engineer resume makes impact obvious: systems, ownership, constraints, and measurable outcomes.
What recruiters look for
- • Evidence of shipping: features, reliability, performance, cost
- • Scope: users, traffic, latency, datasets, team size
- • Ownership: end-to-end delivery, design decisions
- • Collaboration: cross-team work, stakeholder alignment
Bullet examples
Example (performance)
Optimized PostgreSQL queries and caching for high-traffic endpoints, reducing p95 latency by 38% and lowering infrastructure cost by 12%.
Example (reliability)
Implemented canary releases and automated rollback in CI/CD, cutting production incidents by 18% and reducing MTTR from 45 minutes to 12 minutes.
JD match checklist
- • Use the JD’s core terms only where you have proof
- • Map each must-have requirement to 1–2 bullets
- • Add missing evidence via a project or rewritten bullets