Professional summary example
Two or three sentences that say who you are, what you are best at and what you bring to the next role:
Software engineer with 6 years of experience building reliable web services and APIs in TypeScript and Go. Enjoys turning slow, fragile systems into fast, well-tested ones and mentoring newer engineers.
Key skills for a software engineer CV
Use the skills the job ad asks for, if you really have them. These are the ones employers search for most often:
TypeScriptReactNode.jsGoPostgreSQLAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDSystem design
Work experience examples
Start each bullet with a strong verb and end with a result — a number, a time saved or a problem solved.
Senior Software Engineer, Northbeam Cloud
Seattle, WA · 2022 – Present
- Rebuilt the billing API in Go, cutting p95 response time from 900 ms to 120 ms.
- Led the move to Kubernetes for 14 services with zero customer-facing downtime.
- Introduced contract tests that reduced production incidents by 35% in a year.
- Mentor 3 junior engineers through weekly pairing and code reviews.
Software Engineer, Pinecrest Health Tech
Portland, OR · 2019 – 2022
- Built a React patient portal used by 120,000 people.
- Automated deployments with GitHub Actions, from weekly releases to daily.
- Wrote the team’s first accessibility checklist; the portal passed a WCAG 2.1 AA audit.
Tips for writing a software engineer CV
- Put your main languages and tools in a skills section near the top so ATS software finds them.
- Describe impact with numbers: speed, users, uptime, cost or time saved.
- Link to GitHub or a portfolio if you have public work worth showing.
- Keep it to one page unless you have 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Check how well your CV matches each job ad with Jobryxa's free job match score, then tailor it in one click.
Which template should I use?
This example uses the Circuit template. Any of our 54 templates works — you can switch design at any time without retyping. For online applications, ATS-friendly templates with clear headings are the safest choice.