Software engineer resume example

Lead with your actual engineering work

Put recent relevant experience before a long skills list. For each role, include the employer, title and dates, then describe the service or product, the users it served and your responsibility. If you maintained a system, say maintained; do not turn it into an architecture claim.

Make a technology match honestly

Django experience can be relevant to a FastAPI opening because both involve Python web services. Explain the shared work: routing, validation, authentication or database access. Do not add FastAPI to your employment history if you have never used it. React experience can support a web development story, but does not by itself demonstrate Python proficiency.

What to include in a project

Name the problem, your implementation, the technologies you actually used and a repository or demo if public. Mention tests, tradeoffs and constraints. Use measured latency, reliability or usage only when you can support the number. A working personal project is useful evidence without being described as production employment.

Before you send it

Read the employer’s required language, seniority, location and work authorization requirements. Check links, dates and the exported document. Keep contact details as selectable text and check that your skills also appear in examples of work where appropriate.

Your review checklist

• Role, employer and dates for each position
• Two or three concrete engineering contributions per relevant role
• Projects clearly labeled as projects
• Only technologies and measurements you can explain

Explore related job openings and read the original requirements. Understand how resume evidence is assessed before relying on a match score.