Alex Chen

Technical Career Strategist

Alex Chen is a career strategist specializing in software engineering, data science, and technical hiring. With a background in recruiting for high-growth startups and FAANG companies, Alex focuses on translating complex technical experience into clear, ATS-friendly resumes that resonate with engineering managers.

Software engineering hiringData science & ML careersCybersecurity & cloud rolesDevOps & infrastructureTechnical resume optimization

Articles by Alex

Engineering

Software Engineer (FAANG)

We analyzed 412 big tech engineering postings. What separates a resume that clears the screen: scope, system design and measurable impact, with examples and comp bands.

Engineering

Full Stack Developer

We analyzed 345 full stack postings. The JavaScript, React and API keywords employers screen for, plus how to show shipped features, resume examples and salary bands.

Engineering

React Developer

We analyzed 268 React postings. The TypeScript, Next.js and state-management keywords employers screen for, with resume examples, performance metrics and salary bands.

Engineering - Data & AI

Data Scientist

We analyzed 289 data science postings. The Python, statistics and experimentation keywords employers screen for, with resume examples and 2026 salary bands by sector.

Engineering - Data

Data Engineer

We analyzed 348 data engineering postings. The SQL, Spark, dbt and orchestration keywords employers screen for, with resume examples and 2026 salary bands.

Engineering - AI & Data

AI / ML Engineer

We analyzed 387 AI and ML engineering postings. The PyTorch, fine-tuning and RAG keywords that get callbacks, with resume examples, ATS terms and 2026 salary bands.

Engineering

DevOps Engineer

We analyzed 212 DevOps postings. The Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD keywords employers screen for, plus reliability metrics, resume examples and 2026 salary bands.

Security

Cybersecurity Analyst

We analyzed 401 security analyst postings. The SIEM, incident response and framework keywords employers screen for, with resume examples and 2026 salary bands.

Engineering - Cloud & Infrastructure

Cloud Solutions Architect

We analyzed 234 cloud architect postings. The AWS, IaC and FinOps keywords employers screen for, with resume examples, architecture-decision framing and salary bands.

Product

Product Manager

We analyzed 310 PM postings. The metrics, frameworks and AI-product signals that get callbacks, with resume examples, ATS keywords and 2026 compensation bands.