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It is built to. The PDF contains real selectable text in a single column with standard headings, which is what parsers handle most reliably. Multi-column layouts and text inside images are the usual failure cases, and this template avoids both.

How long should my resume be?

One page for under ten years of experience, two at most beyond that. Trim the oldest roles to a single line rather than shrinking the font below 10pt.

Can I change the fonts and margins?

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Resume template

Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both prefer plain, clearly structured documents over heavily designed ones. This template keeps a single column, real text (not images or tables), and consistent headings, so it parses cleanly and still looks considered.

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# Jordan Avery

Chicago, IL · jordan.avery@example.com · (555) 010-2233 · linkedin.com/in/example

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## Summary

Backend engineer with six years building payment and billing systems at scale. Led the migration that cut settlement latency from hours to under a minute.

## Experience

### Senior Software Engineer — Northwind Payments
*March 2022 – present*

- Rebuilt the settlement pipeline, reducing end-to-end latency from 4 hours to 45 seconds.
- Led a team of four through a zero-downtime migration of 40M ledger rows.
- Cut infrastructure spend 28% by consolidating three services into one.

### Software Engineer — Contoso Retail
*July 2019 – February 2022*

- Built the internal refunds API now handling 12k requests per minute.
- Introduced contract testing, cutting integration failures in staging by half.

## Education

### B.S. Computer Science — University of Illinois
*2015 – 2019*

## Skills

**Languages:** Go, TypeScript, Python, SQL
**Infrastructure:** PostgreSQL, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform

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Frequently asked questions

Will this resume pass an applicant tracking system?: It is built to. The PDF contains real selectable text in a single column with standard headings, which is what parsers handle most reliably. Multi-column layouts and text inside images are the usual failure cases, and this template avoids both.
How long should my resume be?: One page for under ten years of experience, two at most beyond that. Trim the oldest roles to a single line rather than shrinking the font below 10pt.
Can I change the fonts and margins?: Yes. Open the settings panel to change the font family, base size, margins, page size and line spacing. The preview updates as you type.

Converting this to a PDF

This template is plain markdown, so it converts the same way any document here does. convert markdown to PDF covers the page setup, typography and export options in more detail.

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