ATS resume checker for software engineers.
Engineering resumes get screened out over specifics: the exact languages, frameworks, and scale a job description names that your resume doesn't. JobForte cross-references your resume against the actual posting and shows you where that's happening.
Check your resume →What gets missed
The gaps ATS screens flag most on engineering resumes.
- Named technologies, not categories. "Full-stack development" doesn't match a posting that screens for "React" and "Node.js" by name.
- System scale. "Built a payments service" reads differently than "built a payments service handling 40K transactions/day" when the posting asks for high-scale experience.
- Ownership language. "Contributed to the migration" vs. "led the migration" changes whether a screen for "technical leadership" matches at all.
- Infra and process keywords. CI/CD, on-call rotations, code review process, testing strategy (unit vs. integration vs. e2e) — often true of the work but absent from the resume.
- Cloud platform specifics. "Cloud experience" vs. naming AWS, GCP, or Azure directly, plus the specific services used.
See it in action
A real analysis for a software engineer role.
Synergies: where the resume already matches the job description, named specifically.
Gaps: what the posting asks for that the resume doesn't reflect yet, split from what's genuinely missing.
Questions
What ATS keywords do software engineer resumes need?
It depends entirely on the job description, which is exactly what a fixed keyword list gets wrong. A backend role screening for "distributed systems" will flag a resume that only says "built APIs," even if the underlying work qualifies. Common gaps: naming the specific languages, frameworks, and cloud platforms used (not just "full-stack"), quantified system scale (requests/sec, data volume, uptime), and explicit ownership language ("designed," "led," "owned") instead of "contributed to" or "helped with."
Does JobForte check for specific languages and frameworks?
Yes, but relative to the job description you paste in, not a static checklist. If the posting requires TypeScript and your resume only lists JavaScript, JobForte flags it as a gap and tells you whether it's a real skill gap or just a wording issue.
How do I show system design experience if I haven't had the title?
This is one of the most common gaps JobForte surfaces: engineers who've done real design work (choosing a data model, scaling a service, making a build-vs-buy call) but described it as implementation ("built the checkout service") instead of design ("designed the checkout service's data model to handle 10x order volume"). The analysis flags where this kind of undersold language is costing you a match against a job description that explicitly screens for design ownership.
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