ATS score: 4 / 5

Compact Resume Template

Full career on one page — built for density.

Two-column layout that fits a full career on one page. Perfect for recruiters who triage resumes in under 10 seconds.

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Alex Johnson

Contact

•alex.johnson@email.com

•+1 (555) 123-4567

•San Francisco, CA

•linkedin.com/in/alexjohnson

•alexjohnson.dev

Skills

•JavaScript

•TypeScript

•React

•Node.js

•Python

•SQL

•Git

•Docker

•AWS

•REST APIs

•GraphQL

•Agile/Scrum

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor's in Computer Science • GPA: 3.7

Aug 2015 - May 2019

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Amazon Web Services

Mar 2023

Achievements

Employee of the Year

Jun 2023

Recognized for outstanding contributions to the engineering team and delivering critical projects ahead of schedule.

Hackathon Winner

Sep 2022

First place at TechCorp internal hackathon for building an AI-powered code review tool.

Summary

Results-driven software engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable web applications. Proficient in React, TypeScript, and Node.js. Passionate about creating clean, maintainable code and delivering exceptional user experiences.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

TechCorp Inc. • San Francisco, CA — Jan 2022 - Present

- Led development of customer-facing dashboard serving 50K+ daily users - Reduced page load time by 40% through code splitting and lazy loading - Mentored 3 junior developers and conducted weekly code reviews - Implemented CI/CD pipeline reducing deployment time from 2 hours to 15 minutes

Software Engineer

StartupXYZ • Remote — Jun 2019 - Dec 2021

- Built RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express serving 1M+ requests/day - Developed responsive React components used across 5 product lines - Collaborated with design team to implement pixel-perfect UI from Figma mockups - Wrote comprehensive unit and integration tests achieving 90% code coverage

Projects

Open Source Component Library

React, TypeScript, Storybook, Rollup

github.com/alexjohnson/ui-kit

Created and maintained a React component library with 500+ GitHub stars, used by 50+ projects.

Real-time Chat Application

Node.js, Socket.io, Redis, React

Built a scalable real-time messaging app supporting 10K concurrent users with WebSocket connections.

Languages

English

Native

Spanish

Conversational

Design traits

Font

Sans-serif, medium weight

Layout

Two-column, balanced

Accent

Neutral slate

ATS parseability

4 / 5

About the Compact template

Compact is a one-page machine. A balanced two-column grid separates the always-scanned columns (contact, skills, education) from the narrative column (experience, projects, impact), which means a mid-career candidate can fit 8-12 years of work on a single page without the document feeling cramped. Typography sits on a tighter leading than Modern but still breathes; bullet density is higher, dates right-align for fast comparison, and every section is placed where recruiter heat-map studies predict the eye lands. Under the hood, reading order flows left-to-right, top-to-bottom — parseable across every major ATS.

Best for

Candidates with 5-15 years of experience
Senior engineers with many projects
Mid-career PMs and designers
Consultants showing many engagements
Candidates applying to US markets (1-page preference)
Anyone forced to fit a career on one page

Skip it if

Academic and research CVs (need full-length format)
New graduates (will look sparse)
Senior execs — Executive template is tuned for 15+ year careers better

When to use the Compact template

Use Compact when you have 5-15 years of experience, many roles to show, and a hard preference for the one-page format — which is still the US default for most non-technical and non-academic applications. It's a particularly strong match for senior engineers with multiple companies and projects, mid-career PMs and designers, and consultants whose engagement list would otherwise push a resume to three pages. Avoid Compact for academic CVs (which should be long-form) and for early-career applications where you don't yet have enough content to fill both columns.

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