Software engineer with 5 years of experience building backend services and internal tools in Python, Go and TypeScript. Rebuilt a shipment-tracking pipeline that now processes 40M events a day with 99.95% uptime. Brings solid system design, careful testing habits and a track record of shipping features end to end.
Experience
Software Engineer, Lumenwave Logistics (Chicago, IL)
Feb 2023 – Present
Rebuilt the shipment-event ingestion pipeline in Go with Kafka, scaling throughput to 40M events a day while holding 99.95% uptime
Cut carrier ETA API p95 latency from 1.2 s to 240 ms by adding Redis caching and rewriting three PostgreSQL queries
Introduced contract tests with Pact across 6 services, reducing integration bugs reaching staging by 38%
Built a React dispatch dashboard used daily by 220 operations staff, replacing 4 spreadsheets
Associate Software Engineer, Brightpath Health Software (Milwaukee, WI)
Jun 2021 – Jan 2023
Developed Django REST endpoints for appointment scheduling serving 300 clinics under HIPAA audit logging requirements
Automated nightly data exports with Airflow, saving the support team 12 hours of manual work per week
Raised unit test coverage on the billing module from 41% to 78% with pytest
Education
B.S. Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Aug 2017 – May 2021)
A strong Software Engineer resume shows the systems you built, the scale they run at, and the measurable effect on speed, reliability or cost. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Experience
Projects
Skills
Education
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
Programming languages
System design
Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
CI/CD
Testing and code review
Databases and SQL
Observability
Security fundamentals
APIs and integrations
Technical documentation
Example bullet points
Rebuilt the checkout service in Go, cutting p95 latency from 900 ms to 180 ms for 2M monthly users
Introduced contract tests and staged rollouts, reducing production incidents by 45% in two quarters
Migrated 30 services to Kubernetes with Terraform, lowering cloud spend by $250k a year
Tips from recruiters
Group skills by category (for example "Languages: Go, TypeScript") so recruiters and ATS parsers find them quickly.
Link to a repository, demo or write-up for at least one project you can talk about in depth.
Name the stack inside each bullet; keyword matching happens at the bullet level, not only in the skills list.
Recommended templates
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Tech (ATS-friendly): Developer style: mono headings and tags, sans body
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Software Engineer resume FAQ
What should a Software Engineer resume include?
A Software Engineer resume should show the systems you built, the scale they run at, and the measurable effect on speed, reliability or cost. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Projects, Skills and Education. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a Software Engineer?
Classic, Tech and Modern work well for Software Engineer roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Software Engineer resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a Software Engineer put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Software Engineer roles are Programming languages, System design, Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), CI/CD, Testing and code review and Databases and SQL.
How do I write strong Software Engineer resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as latency, uptime and deploy frequency. For example: "Rebuilt the checkout service in Go, cutting p95 latency from 900 ms to 180 ms for 2M monthly users."