Free resume checker for software engineers in Australia

An engineering resume is read for the stack you work in, the size of what you owned and what changed because of it. Named technologies and a number next to each project do most of the work.

Check your software & engineering resume

Get a Resume Audit score and a Role Match score, your biggest fix first, and the open roles that fit you. Free, no card needed.

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What the free check looks at

Resume Audit

Scores the resume itself, whatever the job. It looks at three things.

Impact and evidence. Numbers, outcomes rather than duties, and the scale of what you handled.
Clarity and writing. Strong action verbs, no filler, and how easily it can be scanned.
Structure and ATS. Contact details, employer, title and dates on every role, and clean text an applicant tracking system can read.

Role Match

Compares the resume with a role and level you choose.

Skills and tools for the role, named the way employers name them.
Evidence of how you work. Claims such as "team player" score nothing without an example.
Level fit and experience. Scope, progression, and how relevant and recent your work is.

You also get your biggest single fix first, then the open roles that fit your resume. You can upload a PDF or paste the text.

What a strong resume for software engineers needs

The languages, frameworks, cloud and tools you used, written the way job ads write them (for example 'PostgreSQL', not 'databases').
Scope for each role: team size, whether you owned the service, how many users or requests it served.
A result per project: latency cut, cost saved, incidents reduced, release time shortened, revenue or users affected.
A link to code or a portfolio you are happy for a stranger to open.
Your level made obvious: what you designed, decided and led, not only what you built.
A short skills section that matches what you actually did in the roles above it.

Mistakes to avoid

A wall of technologies with no sign of where each was used.
Describing the team's work as your own with no 'I' that can be checked.
Skill bars, icons and multi-column layouts that look neat but do not read as plain text.
Projects without a result, a date or a purpose.

Do not list a technology you could not talk about for ten minutes in an interview.

The market for software engineers right now

6,496 open software & engineering roles across Australia, counted by Versadox on 7 October 2026. Where ads state a yearly pay, the middle sits around A$135,000 (half between A$108,000 and A$160,000, from 360 ads).

Questions

Is it really free?
Yes. Scoring your resume is free and needs no card. Paid plans add more tools, but the check and your scores are free.
What is an ATS?
An applicant tracking system is the software many employers use to collect and sort applications. The check flags things that can make a resume harder for one to read, such as missing dates or a layout that does not read as plain text.
Will a high score get me an interview?
No score can promise that. It shows how clearly your resume presents your impact and fit, which are things you can improve. Employers decide who they interview.
What can I upload?
A PDF, or paste the text of your resume.

Ready to see your scores?

Score your resume now, then see the software & engineering roles that fit you.