#Need resume review

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real jasper
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hmmm

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welllllll

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your bullets are solid on metrics (1m+ nodes 99.95% uptime, 70% bug reduction etc) those all land

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but the resume reads like a list of everytthing youve ever done rather than a targeted pitch for a specific FAANG role

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biggest thing holding this back: you've got 5 roles listed but the top one (Software Developer, 2021–present) is doing ALL the heavy lifting and the bottom 3 internships from 2018-2020 aren't adding anything a FAANG interviewer cares about in 2026. that space would be better used expanding your current role or adding a projects/open source section.

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also 'software dev' as a tital is value for faang targeting

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if your actual work is closer to Senior SDE or Staff-level scope (managing 13 microservices, cutting QA overhaed, owning architecture docs),\your positioning should reflect that. right now the title undersells the work underneath it.

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skills section at the top is fine for ats but faang recruiters dont read skill lists

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theyre gonna read impact stuff- i'd move that to the bottom or cut it out entirely and let the bullets speak

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what level are you targeting? l4/l5/l6 changes what matters here as well

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hows your linkedin positioned?

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save ur linkedin profile as a .pdf and redact all ur personal info and lets see it

quaint nymph
quaint nymph
quaint nymph
real jasper
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no dont make up the title, but the way you frame the scope matters

quaint nymph
real jasper
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"software dev" is what HR puts on the offer letter

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what you actually did is closer to "software engineer, platform" or "software engineer, infrastructure"

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based on those bullets (payment engine, microservices, k8s, SOC 2)

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for linkedin you can absolutely use a more specific title that reflects the work

quaint nymph
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SOC 2?

real jasper
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for L4 at FAANG the bar is "strong independent contributor who owns features end to end." your current resume actually overshoots that in some places (owning architecture, managing 13 microservices, cutting management overhead)- which sounds more like L5 scope. that's not a bad thing but it means your resume is sending mixed signals. a FAANG recruiter might either think you're overqualified for L4 or wonder why you're not targeting L5...

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soc2 is a security and compliance audit- basically a third party comes in and verifies your company handles customer data properly

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encryuption, access controls, logging, the whole thing

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if you helped build the controls that passed that audit, thats a big deal for any company that handles snesitive data

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fintech, healthcare, enterprise saas, on and on

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faang cares about that stuff keep it on there

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this is a game about manipulating words and stretching the truth to match job descriptions

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gotta get creative without lying

quaint nymph
quaint nymph
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Thank you for so much feedback btw 🙂

real jasper
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lolol my bad i had 2 resumes up at once ignore that part psd2 is still solid though

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fraud reduction by 42% using stripe api for regulatory compliance

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thats the same category of wqork keep taht one for sure

real jasper
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if you want i could take a broader look at all your stuff- its what i do for work (just chill on discord to kill the work day/pass time)

quaint nymph
real jasper
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same shit- software engineer intern reads better than software dev interne

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its all the same work just cleaner positioning

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change all of them

quaint nymph
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is full stack engineer a thing?

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one of my intern positions is full stack developer

quaint nymph
real jasper
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ya full stack engineer is a real title- change it

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same logic as before engineer > dev

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"full stack engineer intern" reads nice

quaint nymph
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@real jasper do i have any chances of getting an interview at faang based on my resume?