ATS-friendly CV templates
16 layouts, all single-column and built to survive parsing. Choose one, drop your content in, and export a clean PDF. No design software and no sidebar that scrambles on extraction.
The 16 layouts
Fifteen of the sixteen are single-column with standard headings, so your content survives extraction. Sidebar is the exception, and it is labelled: two columns read well to a person and badly to a parser. Switch between any of them at any time without retyping.
John Doe
[email protected] | +1 555 0142 | Austin, TX
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johndoe | GitHub: github.com/johndoe
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Experience
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
Northwind Payments
Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Cobalt Analytics
Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Bright Harbor Software
Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
BSc in Computer Science
Sep 2013 - May 2017
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQLInfrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQLPractices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, MentoringClassicATS 98%The safe default. Clear headings, generous spacing, works everywhere.
John Doe
Senior Backend Engineer
[email protected] | +1 555 0142 | Austin, TX | linkedin.com/in/johndoe | github.com/johndoe
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Core Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQLInfrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQLPractices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, MentoringExperience
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
Northwind Payments | Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Cobalt Analytics | Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Bright Harbor Software | Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
BSc in Computer Science
Sep 2013 - May 2017
University of Colorado Boulder
HybridATS 96%Skills block up top, then the timeline. Good for career changers.
John Doe
Senior Backend Engineer
Profile
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Experience
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
Northwind Payments | Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Cobalt Analytics | Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Bright Harbor Software | Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
BSc in Computer Science
Sep 2013 - May 2017
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQLInfrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQLPractices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, MentoringAccentATS 96%One column with a single colour accent on headings and dates.
John Doe
Senior Backend Engineer
[email protected] | +1 555 0142 | Austin, TX | linkedin.com/in/johndoe | github.com/johndoe
Objective
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Sep 2013 - May 2017
BSc in Computer Science
Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQLInfrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQLPractices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, MentoringExperience
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
Northwind Payments | Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Cobalt Analytics | Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Bright Harbor Software | Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
GraduateATS 97%Education before experience, for a first or second job.
John Doe
[email protected] | +1 555 0142 | Austin, TX
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johndoe | GitHub: github.com/johndoe
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Experience
Northwind Payments
Austin, TX
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Cobalt Analytics
Denver, CO
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Bright Harbor Software
Denver, CO
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Sep 2013 - May 2017
BSc in Computer Science
Technical Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQLInfrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQLPractices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, MentoringModernATS-safeSlightly warmer type and a lighter rule between sections.
John Doe
Senior Backend Engineer
[email protected] | +1 555 0142 | Austin, TX
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johndoe | GitHub: github.com/johndoe
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Experience
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
Northwind Payments
Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Cobalt Analytics
Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Bright Harbor Software
Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
BSc in Computer Science
Sep 2013 - May 2017
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQLInfrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQLPractices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, MentoringCleanATS-safeMaximum whitespace. Good when your content is short and strong.
John Doe
[email protected] | +1 555 0142 | Austin, TX
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johndoe | GitHub: github.com/johndoe
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Experience
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
Northwind Payments
Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms. Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months. Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Cobalt Analytics
Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount. Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads. Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Bright Harbor Software
Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year. Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
BSc in Computer Science
Sep 2013 - May 2017
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQL
Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQL
Practices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, Mentoring
MinimalATS-safeThe tightest styling: nothing on the page but your words.
# ------------------------------------
John Doe
[email protected] | +1 555 0142 | Austin, TX
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johndoe | GitHub: github.com/johndoe
# ------------------------------------
Skills
[Languages]
- Go
- Python
- TypeScript
- SQL
[Infrastructure]
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Kafka
- PostgreSQL
[Practices]
- Distributed systems
- CI/CD
- Observability
- Mentoring
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Experience
Northwind Payments | Senior Backend Engineer | Mar 2022-Present
// Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Cobalt Analytics | Backend Engineer | Jun 2019-Feb 2022
// Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Bright Harbor Software | Software Engineer | Aug 2017-May 2019
// Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
University of Colorado Boulder | BSc in Computer Science | Sep 2013-May 2017
TechnicalSkills-firstForegrounds a structured skills and tooling block.
John Doe
Senior Backend Engineer
Contact
Skills
Go
Python
TypeScript
SQL
AWS
Kubernetes
Terraform
Kafka
PostgreSQL
Distributed systems
CI/CD
Observability
Mentoring
Profile
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
BSc in Computer Science | Sep 2013 - May 2017
Experience
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
Northwind Payments | Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Cobalt Analytics | Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Bright Harbor Software | Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
SidebarTwo-columnThe one two-column layout. Pick it when a human screens first.
John Doe
Senior Backend Engineer
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Experience
Northwind Payments
Austin, TX
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Cobalt Analytics
Denver, CO
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Bright Harbor Software
Denver, CO
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Sep 2013 - May 2017
BSc in Computer Science
Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQLInfrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQLPractices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, MentoringSpotlightAccent redEmphasises the summary at the top of page one.
John Doe
Senior Backend Engineer
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Professional Experience
Senior Backend Engineer, Northwind Payments
Mar 2022 - Present
Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer, Cobalt Analytics
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer, Bright Harbor Software
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
BSc in Computer Science
University of Colorado Boulder
Sep 2013 - May 2017
Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQLInfrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQLPractices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, MentoringExecutiveATS 95%More room for a scope-led summary and board-level history.
John Doe
Senior Backend Engineer
[email protected] | +1 555 0142 | Austin, TX | linkedin.com/in/johndoe | github.com/johndoe
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Professional Experience
Senior Backend Engineer, Northwind Payments
Mar 2022 - Present | Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer, Cobalt Analytics
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022 | Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer, Bright Harbor Software
Aug 2017 - May 2019 | Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
BSc in Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Sep 2013 - May 2017
Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQL
Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQL
Practices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, Mentoring
CompactOne-pagerDensest layout, for fitting a long history onto one page.
John Doe
Senior Backend Engineer
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Professional Experience
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
Northwind Payments
Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Cobalt Analytics
Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Bright Harbor Software
Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
BSc in Computer Science
Sep 2013 - May 2017
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQLInfrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQLPractices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, MentoringElegantSerifRestrained serif headings with a conservative body face.
John Doe
Senior Backend Engineer
[email protected] | +1 555 0142 | Austin, TX | linkedin.com/in/johndoe | github.com/johndoe
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Professional Experience
Northwind Payments, Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Cobalt Analytics, Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Bright Harbor Software, Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
BSc in Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Sep 2013 - May 2017
Skills
Go | Python | TypeScript | SQL | AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform | Kafka | PostgreSQL | Distributed systems | CI/CD | Observability | Mentoring
ProfessionalATS-safeCorporate and neutral. The other safe default.
John Doe
[email protected] | +1 555 0142 | Austin, TX | linkedin.com/in/johndoe | github.com/johndoe
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Work Experience
Northwind Payments
Mar 2022 - Present
Senior Backend Engineer
Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Cobalt Analytics
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Backend Engineer
Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Bright Harbor Software
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Software Engineer
Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Sep 2013 - May 2017
BSc, Computer Science
Skills
Go; Python; TypeScript; SQL; AWS; Kubernetes; Terraform; Kafka; PostgreSQL; Distributed systems; CI/CD; Observability; Mentoring
StandardATS-safeCompany-first entries. The template recruiters hand out most often.
Summary
Backend engineer with eight years building payment and data systems at scale. Led the migration of a monolithic billing service to event-driven microservices handling 40M transactions a month. Comfortable owning a system end to end, from schema design to on-call.
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
BSc, Computer Science
Sep 2013 - May 2017
Experience
Senior Backend Engineer
Mar 2022 - Present
Northwind Payments
Austin, TX
- Led the split of a monolithic billing service into six event-driven services, cutting p99 checkout latency from 1.8s to 240ms.
- Designed the idempotency layer behind 40M monthly transactions, reducing duplicate charge incidents to zero over 14 months.
- Mentored four engineers through the on-call rotation and wrote the runbooks the team still uses.
Backend Engineer
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Cobalt Analytics
Denver, CO
- Built the ingestion pipeline that took the product from 200 to 4,000 customer accounts without added headcount.
- Cut warehouse spend 38% by rewriting the nightly aggregation jobs to incremental loads.
- Introduced contract testing across eight services, dropping integration failures in CI by roughly half.
Software Engineer
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Bright Harbor Software
Denver, CO
- Shipped the public REST API and its client libraries, adopted by 60 integration partners in the first year.
- Automated the release process, taking deploys from fortnightly and manual to daily and unattended.
Technical Skills
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQL
Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, PostgreSQL
Practices: Distributed systems, CI/CD, Observability, Mentoring
ScholarSmall capsSmall-caps ruled headings, for engineering and research roles.
Free to build, store and tailor to a job posting. The paid plan is the PDF download.
Why these templates look plain
Most template galleries optimise for the preview thumbnail. Sidebars, colour blocks, icon rows, and skill-rating dots all look excellent at a glance and cause specific, well-documented problems the moment the file is parsed.
| Design flourish | What happens on parse |
|---|---|
| Two-column sidebar | Reading order can interleave both columns into nonsense |
| Contact details in the header | Skipped entirely: a perfect record nobody can contact |
| Tables used for layout | Read cell by cell; order destroyed, nested tables dropped |
| Icons instead of labels | No text to extract, so the field is simply missing |
| Skill-rating dots | No text, and no evidence for the human reader either |
| Image or scanned export | No text layer at all: nothing to index |
The ATS-friendly resume guide covers the mechanism behind each of these, if you want the reasoning rather than the rule.
Choosing between the fourteen
- Classic / Professional: the default choice for most roles and most industries.
- Technical: foregrounds a structured skills and tooling block, for engineering and data roles.
- Executive: more room for a scope-led summary, for senior and leadership applications.
- Compact / Minimal: the tightest typography, when you are trying to keep a dense history on one page.
- Modern / Clean / Elegant: the same structure with slightly warmer type and spacing.
- Spotlight / Sidebar: a visually distinct header block, still single-column in reading order.
After you pick one
Fill in the structure, not the styling
Your content is stored as structured sections, so you are writing text rather than fighting a layout. Switch templates any time without retyping.
Write the bullets properly
Verb, specific action, measurable result. How to write a resume has the full method and worked examples.
Tailor per application
The same master CV, reordered and reworded for each posting. Tailoring from a job link does the first pass in about a minute.
Check before you send
Run the finished PDF through the free ATS resume checker against the actual job description.
Frequently asked questions
What makes a CV template ATS-friendly?
A single-column layout, standard section headings, contact details in the document body rather than the header, no tables or text boxes used for layout, no graphics or skill-rating dots, and export as a text-based PDF. Every template here follows all six rules.
Are these CV templates free?
Creating an account and building your CV in any of the 16 layouts is free, and so is tailoring it to a job posting: you get the rewritten CV and the cover letter on screen without paying. The paid plan is what adds the match score and the ATS score, and lets you download the result as a PDF.
Why do the templates not have colours and sidebars?
Because sidebars are the single most common cause of scrambled parsing. A parser can read straight across both columns and interleave your skills list into a job description. The templates are deliberately conservative for that reason, with restraint in typography rather than decoration.
Which CV template should I choose?
For most people, Classic or Professional. Choose Technical if you need a prominent skills block, Executive if you are senior and leading with scope, Compact if you are fighting for space, and Minimal if your content is strong enough to carry the page on its own.
Can I change template later?
Yes. Your content is stored as structured data rather than as a formatted document, so switching layout re-renders the same CV in a different template without any retyping.
What is the difference between a CV and a resume template?
In the UK, Ireland, and much of Europe, CV means the standard two-page application document, which is what a resume means in the US. Outside academia the templates are interchangeable; the same layouts work for both, and the [resume templates page](/resume-templates) covers the US conventions.
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