Developer resume template

The Developer template is built for software and IT roles: your profile, then Technical Skills right away, then experience and projects. Recruiters and hiring managers see your stack in the first few seconds.

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Who this template is best for

✓Software, web and mobile developers
✓DevOps, QA and IT professionals
✓Career changers into tech with strong skills

What you get

•Technical Skills straight after your profile
•Split header with contact details on the right
•Bar-style section headings
•Single column, easy for applicant tracking systems

Questions about this template

Why skills first?

For technical roles the stack is the first thing screeners check. Putting it near the top means they find it immediately.

Can I still add projects?

Yes. Projects appear after your experience, with their technologies and links.

Jordan Ellis

Senior Software Engineer

jordan.ellis@email.com

+1 (415) 555-0182

San Francisco, CA

linkedin.com/in/jordanellis

jordanellis.dev

Profile

Product-focused software engineer with 6 years of experience building scalable web applications. Passionate about developer experience, clean architecture, and shipping products users love. Led teams of up to 8 engineers across fintech and SaaS.

Technical Skills

TypeScript, React, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GraphQL, REST APIs, CI/CD

Experience

Senior Software EngineerJan 2023 – Present

Lattice Financial · San Francisco, CA

Architected and shipped a real-time transaction analytics dashboard used by 4,200+ business accounts, reducing customer support tickets by 34%.
Led a team of 5 engineers to migrate a monolithic payments service to microservices, cutting p95 latency from 820ms to 140ms.
Introduced feature-flag infrastructure that enabled gradual rollouts, reducing production incidents by 41% in the first quarter.

Software Engineer IIMar 2021 – Dec 2022

Vantage Labs · Remote

Built and maintained a React + TypeScript design system adopted by 12 product teams, eliminating 60% of duplicate UI code.
Implemented OAuth2/OIDC authentication flows for enterprise SSO integrations with Okta and Azure AD.
Mentored three junior engineers, conducting weekly code reviews and pairing sessions.

Software EngineerJun 2019 – Feb 2021

Bright Path Technology · Austin, TX

Developed REST and GraphQL APIs in Node.js serving over 2M daily requests.
Optimised PostgreSQL queries and added Redis caching, improving API response times by 55%.

Projects

OpenFlow — Open Source API Gateway

Go | Docker | Redis

Built a lightweight API gateway with rate limiting, auth middleware, and request logging. 900+ GitHub stars.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science2015 – 2019

University of Texas at Austin

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions ArchitectMar 2023

Amazon Web Services

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