A strong software engineer resume leads with impact -- what you built, what technologies you used, and what changed as a result -- not just a list of responsibilities.
Specific technologies, the scale or scope of systems you've worked on, and outcomes you can honestly quantify (only if you actually have the numbers).
Our Software Engineer template gives Skills and Projects prominent placement alongside Experience, with room to list technologies per role.
Vague phrases like "worked on backend systems" tell a recruiter little. The bullet optimizer can help rewrite these into specific, ATS-friendly statements based on what you actually did.