Software Engineer Resume Example + Skills to Include

Engineering resumes are judged on impact and signal, not buzzwords. Here's what to include — with examples.

Structure

1. Contact + links — email, phone, GitHub, portfolio, LinkedIn.
2. Summary — your level, stack, and a standout result.
3. Skills — grouped: languages, frameworks, tools/infra.
4. Experience — quantified bullets, most recent first.
5. Projects — especially valuable for juniors and career-switchers.
6. Education.

Skills, grouped

• Languages: TypeScript, Python, Go, SQL.
• Frameworks: React, Node.js, Next.js.
• Infra/tools: AWS, Docker, PostgreSQL, CI/CD.

List what you'd be comfortable being interviewed on — nothing more.

Bullet examples that signal impact

• Led migration to TypeScript across a 60k-line codebase, cutting runtime errors 35%.
• Reduced API p95 latency 45% via query optimization and caching.
• Shipped a self-serve onboarding flow that lifted activation 18%.

Pattern: what you built + the technical approach + the measurable outcome.

Tips specific to engineering

• Link a GitHub or portfolio with real, readable code.
• Show scale where you can (users, requests, data size).
• Avoid skill bars / percentages — they signal nothing and can break ATS.

Build yours

[Build a software engineer resume](/build) with AI-written, quantified bullets, or [improve your existing one](/improve). Then [tailor it to a specific company](/company) and [prep for the technical interview](/interview).