Software Engineer Resume Example & Free Template (2026)

Use this sample as a starting point, then replace every line with your own numbers and tools. Hiring managers spend well under a minute on the first pass, so the top third has to say the job title, your strongest skills and one result.

JORDAN AVERY — Software Engineer Austin, TX | (555) 014-2890 | name@email.com | linkedin.com/in/yourname

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Software engineer with 4 years building and shipping web services in Python and TypeScript. Cut API response times 38% and led the migration of 3 services to AWS with zero downtime.

SKILLS Python, TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS (Lambda, ECS, S3), Docker, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), REST, unit testing

EXPERIENCE Software Engineer — Brightline Software, Austin, TX (2023 to present)

Junior Software Engineer — Keystone Apps, Remote (2021 to 2023)

EDUCATION B.S. Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin, 2021

CERTIFICATIONS

• Built and maintained 12 REST endpoints serving 40,000 daily users; cut median response time 38% by adding caching and query tuning
• Migrated 3 services from on-premise servers to AWS ECS with zero downtime, reducing hosting costs 22%
• Raised unit test coverage from 41% to 85% and cut production bugs per release by half
• Shipped 30+ features in React and Node.js across 2 customer-facing products
• Automated the release checklist with GitHub Actions, saving the team 6 hours a week
• AWS Certified Developer - Associate

• Experienced: Software engineer with 5 years in full-stack development (React, Node.js, PostgreSQL). Shipped features used by 2M customers and cut page load times 44% at a fintech startup.
• Career changer: Analyst turned software engineer with a 6-project portfolio in Python and JavaScript. Built a scheduling app with 1,200 active users; strong SQL from 3 years in reporting.
• No experience / new grad: Computer science graduate (2026) with internship experience in Java and React. Built a REST API final project graded top of a 120-student class; seeking a junior software engineer role.

Mirror the exact wording of the job posting; applicant tracking systems match keywords literally.

Soft skills employers screen for in interviews: problem solving, communication with non-engineers, estimation, ownership.

• Programming languages named in the posting (Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Go)
• A frontend framework (React, Angular, Vue) and a backend framework (Node.js, Django, Spring)
• Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and one NoSQL store
• Cloud: AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, with the services you actually used
• Git, code review, CI/CD pipelines, Docker
• Testing: unit, integration and one framework by name (Jest, pytest, JUnit)
• Agile/Scrum and ticket tools (Jira)

Entry level:

Mid-level:

Senior:

• Built a full-stack expense tracker (React, Node.js, PostgreSQL) with 300 registered users; code reviewed on GitHub
• Completed a 12-week internship shipping 9 tickets to production in an Agile team of 6
• Designed and shipped a payments integration processing $1.2M a month, with retry logic that cut failed charges 31%
• Mentored 2 junior engineers and ran weekly code reviews for a team of 8
• Led the re-architecture of a monolith into 7 services on AWS, cutting deploy time from 45 to 8 minutes
• Set the technical roadmap for a 12-engineer group and cut cloud spend 28% ($190K a year)

The Software Engineer resume template that matches this example is free to download as a PDF or an editable Word file. Open the Resume Templates page (the Resume Templates link above this article, or in the footer of any page), find the Software Engineer card and choose PDF or Word. The same page has a free ATS checker, so you can test your finished resume before you apply.

• Use standard section headings (Summary, Skills, Experience, Education) and a single-column layout with no tables, text boxes or graphics.
• Copy the job title and the top 6 to 8 skills from the posting into your resume wherever they are true for you.
• Start every bullet with an action verb and end with a number: volume handled, time saved, accuracy, money, people.
• Save as a PDF named Firstname-Lastname-Resume.pdf unless the posting asks for Word.
• Keep it to one page for under 10 years of experience; two pages only when every line earns its place.
• Link a GitHub profile or portfolio with 2 to 3 pinned projects that match the stack in the posting.

• Can I get a software engineer job with no experience? Yes, with a portfolio: 2 or 3 working projects with public code, an internship or open-source contributions, and practiced coding interviews. Target junior and associate titles first.
• Do I need a degree on a software engineer resume? Many employers hire bootcamp and self-taught candidates on portfolio strength, but large companies and visa-sponsored roles often still require a bachelor's degree. List your strongest education either way.
• How long should a software engineer resume be? One page for under 10 years of experience. Recruiters skim; cut old or irrelevant roles to one line each.