One page, clean, ATS-friendly (no tables or graphics); a PDF named FirstName_LastName_SWE.pdf
Bullets: Action verb + what + how (tech) + measurable impact
❌ “Worked on a workflow engine using Go”
✅ “Built a durable AI workflow engine in Go (Postgres leases + fencing tokens, Kafka outbox) that completed 5,000 chaos-tested runs with zero duplicate side effects; cut LLM cost 40% via model routing and semantic caching”
Skills section grouped: Languages · Backend · Data · Cloud/DevOps · AI
Projects: Orbit: AI Workflow & Agent Platform (link + 3–4 strong bullets with numbers)
Links: GitHub (pinned repos, clean READMEs), LinkedIn, blog
Application pipeline
Company
Role
Source (referral/portal)
Applied
Stage
Next step
Notes
Presence
LinkedIn headline: “Backend Engineer · Java · Go · Distributed Systems · AI Engineering”
Post a weekly learning update (build in public); it attracts recruiters
6+ blog posts from the capstone (Hashnode/Medium/dev.to/your own site)
Open-source: 2–3 meaningful contributions (docs, bug fixes) to projects you used (Spring, a Go lib, LangGraph, an MCP SDK)