Resume Metrics
for Tech Roles

The numbers that belong on your resume, by role: benchmarks for what is average, good, and great, how to measure each one, and examples. Built from 12 years of recruiting, including many years at Google.

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Each page gives you the metrics that matter for that role, ranked by what hiring managers weigh most, with a benchmark and an example for every one. More roles are rolling out.

Software Engineering 1 live · 5 coming
Front-End Developer Back-End Engineer Full-Stack Developer Software Architect Mobile Engineer Web Developer
Hardware & Firmware 9 coming
Embedded SWE Systems Engineer Hardware Engineer Electrical Engineer FPGA Engineer ASIC Engineer Electrical Engineer FPGA Engineer ASIC Engineer
Data, ML & AI 7 coming
Data Analyst Data Engineer Data Scientist ML Engineer AI Engineer MLOps Engineer BI Developer
Cloud, DevOps & SRE 6 coming
DevOps Engineer Cloud Engineer SRE Infrastructure Engineer Platform Engineer DevSecOps Engineer
IT & Networking 6 coming
SysAdmin Network Engineer Network Admin IT Support Database Admin IT Manager
CyberSecurity 7 coming
Security Engineer SOC Analyst Penetration Tester GRC Analyst Cloud Security AppSec Engineer IR Engineer (DFIR)
Testing & QA 4 coming
QA Engineer SDET Performance Engineer QA Manager
Product 3 coming
Product Manager Product Owner Technical Product Manager
Engineering Leadership 5 coming
Tech Lead Staff Engineer Engineering Manager Director of Engineering CTO

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