Software Architect resume keywords

What a software architect resume is screened for, and example bullets to adapt. Use the skills that are true of your experience, and put them inside accomplishment bullets rather than in a bare list.

Also covers: Application Architect, Systems Architect, Architect Software.

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Skills and keywords

These are the terms most consistently used to screen software architect applications. Spell tools and certifications the way postings spell them — a screen matches the words, not the meaning.

System designDistributed systemsDesign patternsMicroservicesDomain-driven designAPI designScalabilityTechnical leadershipCode reviewArchitecture decision records

Example bullets

Each one has blanks in brackets. Fill them with your own figures, or rewrite the line — never keep a number you cannot explain.

  • Defined the architecture for platform, now serving N users.
  • Set technical direction for N teams through N architecture decision records.
  • Led the move from old pattern to new pattern, cutting incident rate N%.

Verbs that signal ownership

Open bullets with these rather than with “responsible for” or “worked on”:

definedsetled

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