Software engineer resume
To write a software engineer resume that lands interviews, you need two things: it has to parse cleanly through the applicant tracking system on the languages, frameworks, and systems the role screens for, and it has to show real impact with quantified scale rather than a list of tools. Folio gives you a free ATS score against the specific job and the exact fixes to raise it, then lets you add an optional developer portfolio on your own domain for the GitHub repos and deployed projects a one-page resume cannot hold.
Score your engineer resume free. Fix it against the job.
Score your resume on the languages and systems engineers are screened for, then add the portfolio. Sign in with email, Google, or a passkey. The beta is free and card-free, and the ATS-ready PDF is never paywalled.
What you get
Generic builders score formatting. Folio scores you against the languages, systems, and scale a software role filters for, then helps you show the impact behind them.
ATS
Paste the job and Folio checks your resume for the languages, frameworks, and systems it lists, plus clean parseability and structure. You get a score and the exact terms and fixes to add, so you stop guessing which keywords the filter wants.
Impact
A list of technologies reads like everyone else. Folio prompts you to frame each role around outcomes and scale, the latency you cut, the systems you shipped, the traffic you served, so a reviewer sees impact instead of a keyword soup.
Resume
Paste a rough resume, a LinkedIn export, or a few bullet points. The AI structures a complete first draft in about a second in engineer-ready vocabulary. You edit everything before it is final, and nothing is published or sent without your sign-off.
Export
The artifact a recruiter pastes into an applicant tracking system is a file, not a link. Folio keeps that PDF ATS-clean, single-column where it matters, and free to export every time, with no download paywall.
Portfolio
A one-page resume cannot hold a system design, a GitHub repo, or a deployed project. Folio builds an optional developer portfolio from the same content, the page a hiring manager opens after your resume clears the filter.
Domain
Publish your portfolio to yourname.com instead of a vendor URL. Add two DNS records and Folio issues the TLS certificate for you. The link on your resume points to a domain you own, not a platform handle.
How it works
No blank page, no template hunting, no separate ATS checker to copy answers into.
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Drop a resume PDF, paste a LinkedIn export, or list your roles and projects. The AI drafts a structured software engineer resume in about a second.
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Paste the role you want and run the ATS score. Folio flags missing languages and systems and the structure fixes, so you edit toward the filter, not around it.
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Rewrite each bullet around outcomes and scale instead of tools. The prompts steer you toward numbers a reviewer can weigh, then re-score to see the lift.
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Download a clean ATS-ready PDF to email a recruiter, then optionally publish a developer portfolio on your own domain for the repos and projects.
How it compares
Most resume tools format any resume the same way. Folio scores you on engineer keywords and ships the developer portfolio the resume links to.
| Capability | Folio | Generic builders | Zety | Canva | Overleaf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATS score against the job | Built in, engineer keywords | Generic format check | Add-on checker | Not offered | Not offered |
| Engineer keyword guidance | Languages, frameworks, systems | Role-agnostic tips | Generic suggestions | Not offered | You write it yourself |
| Free PDF export | Yes, always free | Often paywalled | Paywalled download | Free PDF export | Free PDF export |
| Developer portfolio | Real portfolio site | Not offered | Not offered | Generic website | Not offered |
| Custom domain included | Yes, free during beta | Not offered | Not offered | Paid plan | Not offered |
Competitor behavior reflects each vendor published free and paid tiers and can change. Zety gates the resume download behind a paid plan, Overleaf is a LaTeX editor with no ATS scoring, and Canva offers a free PDF but no engineer-specific keyword check. Verify current terms on each vendor pricing page before you decide.
Why it adds up
The resume gets you past the filter. The portfolio shows the work.
$0
to export your PDF
no download paywall, ever
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content model
resume and portfolio in sync
~1s
to a first AI draft
from a paste, then you edit
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domain you own
the link on your resume
The honest caveat
A developer portfolio is not a substitute for a clean, downloadable resume. The applicant tracking system parses a file, not a website, so the PDF is still the artifact that gets you through the first gate. A portfolio link a recruiter never reaches because the resume did not parse helps no one. Folio keeps that PDF ATS-clean and free to download, on purpose.
What the portfolio adds is everything a one-page resume cannot hold: the system you designed and the tradeoffs behind it, the GitHub repos a reviewer can actually open, the deployed projects with the scale they serve. It is the page a hiring manager reads after your resume clears the filter, and the link you can own at your own domain instead of renting from a platform. Lead with the resume, back it with the portfolio.
FAQ
Match the resume to the job. Folio scores yours against the specific role for the languages, frameworks, and systems it lists, plus clean parseability and structure, then gives you the exact terms and fixes to add. Use standard section headings, a parseable single-column layout where it counts, and the keywords the posting actually uses. No tool can guarantee a callback, but you stop guessing at the filter.
Impact, not a tool dump. Frame each role around outcomes and scale: the latency you cut, the systems you shipped, the traffic you served, the GitHub repos and deployed projects behind the work. The applicant tracking system needs the right keywords to parse you in; a human reviewer needs quantified results to call you in. A good resume does both.
The portfolio complements the resume, it does not replace it. The applicant tracking system parses a file, so a clean PDF is what gets you past the first filter. The portfolio is where the system designs, GitHub repos, and deployed projects that do not fit on one page live, and it is the page a hiring manager reads next. Folio builds both from one source so they never drift apart.
Yes. It is free for the whole beta, and downloading the PDF is never paywalled. Draft your resume, score it against a job, fix it, and export the file with no card needed, and publish a developer portfolio on your own domain too. If paid plans arrive later, the resume, portfolio, slug, and domain you built remain yours.
Generic builders format any resume the same way and score generic structure. Folio scores you on engineer-specific keywords, the languages, frameworks, and systems a software role screens for, prompts you to quantify impact and scale, and ships a real developer portfolio on your own domain from the same content. Most generic tools stop at the document and paywall the export.
You do not start from a blank page. Paste a rough resume, a LinkedIn export, or a few bullet points and the AI drafts a complete, structured software engineer resume in about a second, in engineer-ready vocabulary you can edit. It is a working example built from your own background rather than a generic sample you have to adapt.
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