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Free ATS Resume Checker for Software Engineers
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What recruiters search for in a software engineer resume
ATS keyword pools are built from the most common job postings. For software engineers, hiring managers screen for the items below. The checker above scores parsability and structure for any resume; this list is the keyword shortlist you can scan against your own copy.
Hard skills
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- Python
- Go
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL
- REST
- GraphQL
- CI/CD
- Git
Soft skills
- code review
- mentorship
- incident response
- system design
Common gaps in software engineer resumes
From thousands of software engineers resumes submitted to ATS-style screens, three patterns repeat:
- 1.scope of impact in numbers
- 2.named systems shipped
- 3.on-call experience
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