Software Engineer resume example
For software engineers at tech companies, banks, start-ups and government tech suppliers in Singapore, from fresh graduates to mid-level. Employers look for what you built, how well it works, and whether your stack matches theirs.
An example only: the person, employers and numbers below are made up to show how a good resume reads.
Chua Zhi Hao
Software Engineer · TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL
Clementi, Singapore+65 9xxx xxxxzhihao.chua@example.comgithub.com/example
Profile
Full-stack software engineer with four years building web products for customers and internal teams. I care about clear code, good tests and pages that load fast. Most at home in TypeScript and PostgreSQL, and comfortable owning a feature from design to production.
Experience
Software Engineer
Aug 2023 – Present
A fintech start-up in one-north
- Built the customer onboarding flow in React and Node.js, now used by every new business account.
- Cut the median API response time for the transactions page from about 900 ms to 250 ms by fixing slow queries and adding caching.
- Set up automated tests and a CI pipeline that runs on every pull request; production bugs reported each month went down noticeably.
- Mentor two junior engineers through code reviews and pairing.
Software Engineer (Graduate)
Jul 2021 – Jul 2023
An e-commerce company in Paya Lebar
- Worked on the seller dashboard, shipping features in two-week sprints.
- Moved a set of reports from overnight batch jobs to live queries.
- Joined the on-call rotation and wrote runbooks for common incidents.
Education
Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) · National University of Singapore
2017 – 2021
Skills
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- AWS
- CI/CD
- Automated testing
Certificates and licences
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Languages
English, Mandarin
Software engineer resume tips for Singapore
Put your main stack in the headline
Recruiters scan for languages and frameworks first. Three or four words in your headline tell them in a second whether to keep reading.
Write what you built and what it changed
"Built X, which did Y" beats "worked on X". Speed, reliability, users or time saved are all good outcomes. Use real numbers only if you have them.
Link your work
A GitHub profile, portfolio or live project helps, especially for fresh graduates. Make sure whatever you link is tidy and actually yours.
Fresh graduate? Use projects and internships
Final-year projects, internships and hackathons count. Describe them like jobs: what you built, with what, and the result.
Keep it to one or two pages
Singapore employers rarely need more. Older or unrelated roles can be one line each.
Leave salary out
Do not put current or expected salary on your resume. Discuss it when the employer asks.
Common mistakes
- A skills section with 30 technologies and no sign of which ones you know well.
- Bullets that describe the team’s work, so it is unclear what you did.
- A GitHub link to an empty or abandoned profile.
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