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Engineering Manager template

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MEERA RAGHAVAN

Engineering Manager · Manager

Seattle, WA · meera.raghavan@email.com · (555) 010-3502 · linkedin.com/in/meeraraghavan

Summary

Engineering manager running two teams inside a platform organization. Builds delivery systems that hold without heroics, hires deliberately, and translates between executive roadmap pressure and what engineering can actually sustain.

Experience

Engineering Manager

Puget Systems Group · 2021-Present

Manage 2 teams (13 engineers) across platform and developer tooling; own roadmap, staffing, and delivery for both.
Grew the org from 7 to 13 engineers while holding regretted attrition at zero for two years.
Cut median cycle time from commit to production from 9 days to 2 by funding the CI and review work leadership had been deferring.
Established a promotion calibration process adopted by 4 peer managers; 5 engineers promoted under it.
Ran the postmortem practice after a customer-facing outage; change-failure rate fell from 17% to 5%.
Key project — Platform team split: divided one overloaded team into two with clear ownership, which fixed the interrupt problem restructuring alone would not.

Engineering Manager

Front Range Software · 2018-2021

Managed a 6-engineer product team through two major releases.
Introduced structured 1:1s, growth plans, and a written promotion rubric.
Partnered with product on quarterly planning and scope negotiation.
Ran hiring loops and onboarding for 4 engineers.

Skills

Engineering management · Team leadership · Hiring & onboarding · Performance management · Delivery planning · Roadmap execution · Technical strategy · Cross-functional partnership · Agile / Scrum · Incident and on-call process

Education

BS Computer Engineering · Cascadia Institute of Technology · 2013

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MEERA RAGHAVAN
Seattle, WA · meera.raghavan@email.com · (555) 010-3502 · linkedin.com/in/meeraraghavan

SUMMARY
Engineering manager running two teams inside a platform organization. Builds delivery systems that hold without heroics, hires deliberately, and translates between executive roadmap pressure and what engineering can actually sustain.

SKILLS
Engineering management · Team leadership · Hiring & onboarding · Performance management · Delivery planning · Roadmap execution · Technical strategy · Cross-functional partnership · Agile / Scrum · Incident and on-call process

EXPERIENCE
Engineering Manager · Puget Systems Group · 2021-Present
• Manage 2 teams (13 engineers) across platform and developer tooling; own roadmap, staffing, and delivery for both.
• Grew the org from 7 to 13 engineers while holding regretted attrition at zero for two years.
• Cut median cycle time from commit to production from 9 days to 2 by funding the CI and review work leadership had been deferring.
• Established a promotion calibration process adopted by 4 peer managers; 5 engineers promoted under it.
• Ran the postmortem practice after a customer-facing outage; change-failure rate fell from 17% to 5%.
• Key project — Platform team split: divided one overloaded team into two with clear ownership, which fixed the interrupt problem restructuring alone would not.

Engineering Manager · Front Range Software · 2018-2021
• Managed a 6-engineer product team through two major releases.
• Introduced structured 1:1s, growth plans, and a written promotion rubric.
• Partnered with product on quarterly planning and scope negotiation.
• Ran hiring loops and onboarding for 4 engineers.

EDUCATION
BS Computer Engineering · Cascadia Institute of Technology · 2013

What is an Engineering Manager ATS resume template?

An engineering manager ATS resume template is a single-column plain-text layout prefilled with team scope, delivery outcomes, hiring, and mentorship language — so parsers and recruiters can both read the size of what you owned rather than the code you used to write.

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Use a single column — no tables, text boxes, or multi-column layouts
Standard headings: SUMMARY, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION
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Engineering Manager keyword checklist

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Engineering management
Team leadership
Delivery
Hiring
Mentorship
Performance management
Roadmap execution
Cross-functional partnership
Technical strategy
Agile

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Should an engineering manager resume still list technical skills?

Yes, but demoted. Keep a short skills line so keyword matching still fires — many EM postings are screened against the stack — then spend the bullets on team size, delivery outcomes, hiring, and the technical decisions you owned. A manager resume that reads like a senior IC resume screens as someone who has not made the transition.

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