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Software Engineer resume example — Entry-level (0–2 years)
Sample summary for Jordan Kim
Recent CS graduate with 2 internship stints building production features used by 10K+ users. Comfortable across the full web stack and passionate about clean, well-tested code. Seeking a first full-time role on a product team.
Key skills
JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNode.jsPythonSQLGitREST APIsHTML/CSSJest
Sample experience
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024
Nexlify · Austin, TX
- •Built a bulk-upload CSV parser that reduced data-entry time by 70% for 200+ daily operations staff
- •Fixed 14 production bugs in the first 4 weeks, earning an early return offer
- •Wrote unit tests that raised test coverage on the payments module from 42% to 78%
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2023 – Aug 2023
Stackable · Remote
- •Built a React dashboard component used across 3 product lines, saving ~2 weeks of design work
- •Reduced API response time by 35% by identifying and removing an N+1 query in the user profile endpoint
- •Documented 20+ internal APIs in Notion, cited by onboarding engineers as the most useful resource
Tips for your Software Engineer resume
At the entry level, your internship projects ARE your experience. Quantify everything — even small wins like 'reduced load time by 30%' or 'wrote tests that covered 40 edge cases' demonstrate engineering rigor. Lead with impact, not tasks.
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