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Jordan Patel
jordan.patel@email.com | (415) 555-0198 | San Jose, CA | github.com/jpatel-systems
Systems Developers
- Systems developer with 4+ years of experience building Linux-based services in C/C++ and improving reliability for internal platforms.
- Acme Cloud, Systems Developer (2022-2025): Built and maintained a Linux daemon for log collection and forwarding; improved throughput by ~20% and reduced CPU usage during peak periods.
- Acme Cloud, Systems Developer (2022-2025): Implemented a kernel module to monitor file activity and added hooks to send events to user space; helped stabilize production issues.
- Beta Robotics, Software Engineer (2020-2022): Worked on device bring-up for ARM boards, debugging boot issues and drivers; collaborated with hardware team to resolve integration problems.
- Created CI checks and unit tests for core libraries; increased coverage and added automated builds for multiple Linux distributions.
- Skills: C, C++, Rust (basic), Python, Bash, Linux, systemd, networking (TCP/UDP), Git, Docker, gdb, perf, Jenkins, Kubernetes (familiar)
Overview
- Quantify impact with baselines and scale (rate, hosts, event volume) instead of approximate improvements.
- Clarify scope and technical specifics (kernel versions, interfaces, subsystems, ownership) to show systems depth.
- Tighten generic phrasing ("helped stabilize", "worked on") into concrete actions and outcomes.
Suggestions
Rewrite the performance bullet to include baseline, workload, and where the improvement came from. Example: "Optimized log-forwarding daemon (C++/epoll, protobuf) processing ~120k msgs/sec across 800 nodes; reduced p95 CPU from 65% to 48% by batching writes and eliminating per-message allocations."
"~20%" without a baseline or scale is hard to trust and does not communicate how big the system is. Naming the bottleneck and the change proves systems-level ownership.
Referenced resume text
"Built and maintained a Linux daemon for log collection and forwarding; improved throughput by ~20% and reduced CPU usage during peak periods."
Specify kernel context and user-space interface for the module, plus measurable outcomes. Example: "Developed Linux 5.15 LKM using fanotify/netlink to emit file-access events to a Go collector; reduced incident triage time by 30% by correlating events with container IDs."
Kernel work is high-signal for systems roles, but "monitor file activity" and "added hooks" are vague. Interfaces (eBPF, netlink, tracepoints, fanotify) and results make it credible.
Referenced resume text
"Implemented a kernel module to monitor file activity and added hooks to send events to user space; helped stabilize production issues."
Replace "worked on" with explicit responsibilities, components, and debug tools. Example: "Brought up NXP i.MX8 boards: updated U-Boot env, tuned DTS for UART/I2C/SPI, and debugged kernel panics via JTAG and earlycon; cut boot time from 18s to 11s."
Bring-up is valuable for systems developers, but the current bullet does not show what you owned, what you changed, or how you validated fixes.
Referenced resume text
"Worked on device bring-up for ARM boards, debugging boot issues and drivers; collaborated with hardware team to resolve integration problems."
Turn the testing/CI bullet into a specific deliverable with numbers and what was automated. Example: "Added GoogleTest suite for libc++ wrapper (145 tests) and wired Jenkins pipeline to build/test on Ubuntu 20.04/22.04 + CentOS 7; improved PR failure detection from days to <1 hour."
"Created CI checks" is generic; systems teams care about reproducibility, target environments, and how fast issues are caught.
Referenced resume text
"Created CI checks and unit tests for core libraries; increased coverage and added automated builds for multiple Linux distributions."
Tighten the skills list to emphasize systems depth and avoid "familiar/basic" without context. Example: split into "Languages" and "Systems" and add proof points (e.g., "Rust: wrote 2 internal tools"), and remove tools you cannot discuss deeply.
Broad lists can read as keyword stuffing. Systems developer hiring often probes depth (debugging, profiling, concurrency, OS internals), so skills should reflect what you can defend in interviews.
Referenced resume text
"Skills: C, C++, Rust (basic), Python, Bash, Linux, systemd, networking (TCP/UDP), Git, Docker, gdb, perf, Jenkins, Kubernetes (familiar)"
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