Minimalist theme

Minimalist CV Template

The Minimalist template keeps everything on one column, uses a timeless serif face, and leans on whitespace instead of decoration. It is the safest choice when you want your experience to speak for itself.

Alex Morgan

Senior Software Engineer

Product-minded engineer with 9 years of experience building fast, accessible web applications. Comfortable owning a feature from first sketch to production, and mentoring teammates along the way.

Experience

Frontend platform team for a B2B analytics product used by 40k people.

  • Cut median page load from 3.8s to 1.2s by moving the dashboard to server-rendered islands.
  • Led migration of 120 components to a shared, accessible design system.
  • Mentored four engineers; two were promoted within 18 months.

Software Engineer

Brightpath

Full-stack work on an online learning marketplace.

  • Built the checkout flow that lifted conversion by 11%.
  • Introduced end-to-end tests that caught regressions before release.

Education

BSc Computer Science

Technical University of Munich · 1.7

  • Algorithms
  • Distributed Systems
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Skills

  • FrontendExpert
    • TypeScript
    • React
    • Astro
    • CSS
  • BackendAdvanced
    • Node.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • GraphQL
  • Practices
    • Accessibility
    • Testing
    • Code review

Projects

Open-source, privacy-first note-taking app that runs entirely in the browser.

  • 2.4k GitHub stars
  • Works offline with zero backend
  • TypeScript
  • IndexedDB
  • PWA

Trailmix

Hiking route planner with elevation profiles.

  • Used by 3,000 hikers each month
  • Vue
  • Mapbox

Certifications

Web Accessibility Specialist

IAAP

AWS Certified Developer

Amazon Web Services

Awards

Engineering Excellence Award

Northwind Labs

For the performance programme that halved load times company-wide.

Volunteering

Volunteer Mentor

Code for Berlin

Weekly mentoring for people moving into tech careers.

  • Mentored 15 people into their first developer role.

Languages

  • English — Native speaker
  • German — Professional working proficiency

Interests

  • Climbing
    • Bouldering
  • Open source
    • Documentation
    • Tooling

References

Jordan Lee, Engineering Director at Northwind Labs

Available on request.

Why choose the Minimalist layout

Recruiters skim. A single column gives their eye one obvious path from your name to your most recent role, and a serif body keeps long summaries comfortable to read on screen and on paper.

Because the layout avoids sidebars and tables, the exported PDF stays easy for automated parsers to read too. You get the polish of a designed document without any of the structure that trips up applicant tracking systems.

When it works best

  • Senior candidates whose experience should lead the page
  • Anyone targeting traditional industries such as law, academia, or finance
  • People who want a document that ages well and prints cleanly

Swap the accent colour, adjust the type scale, and the Minimalist template adapts without ever feeling busy. Open the builder to tailor it to your own story.

FAQ

About the Minimalist theme

Is the Minimalist template good for applicant tracking systems?

Yes. It uses a single column, semantic section headings, and selectable text, which is exactly what applicant tracking systems parse most reliably.

Can I change the accent colour?

Yes. Every theme exposes an accent colour in the builder settings, so you can keep the calm Minimalist layout while matching your own palette.