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Software Engineer CV Example (Mid-Level)

4 min read · Updated May 2026

Recruiters spend less than 8 seconds on the first scan of a software engineer CV. The example below uses a quiet layout, quantified impact, and a tech-stack line so an ATS and a human can both parse it instantly.

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Alex Martin

Full-Stack Software Engineer

alex.martin@example.com Berlin, Germany

Profile

Full-stack engineer with 5 years of experience shipping React/Node products at scale. Comfortable owning a feature end-to-end, from API design to accessibility QA.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer2023 — Present

Northwind SaaS

• Led migration from REST to GraphQL, reducing average response time by 38%. • Owned the billing module that processes €2.1M/month in subscriptions. • Mentored 3 junior engineers through quarterly code-review rituals.

Software Engineer2021 — 2023

Bluepeak Studio

• Shipped a design-system used across 6 internal apps (140+ components). • Cut bundle size by 31% via route-level code splitting and tree-shaking.

Education

M.Sc. Computer Science2019 — 2021

TU Berlin

Writing tips

Lead each bullet with a verb and a number (cut load time by 38%, shipped 14 releases).
Group your stack at the top so keyword scanners catch it.
Keep it to one page until you have 8+ years of experience.
Mirror keywords from the job description — but only ones you actually know.

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