About this template
The ATS Startup Clean template uses a bright modern layout in Inter with a vivid violet accent on white paper, single column. Headlines are confident, dates align right, every element stays parser-friendly — the right balance for fast-moving startups that still use ATS pipelines (Lever, Ashby, Greenhouse, Workable, Recruitee, Pinpoint).
Who is it for?
It is built for early and mid-career profiles in product (PM, APM, Senior PM), growth (growth lead, performance marketer), engineering (full-stack, mobile, infra) and design (product designer, design lead) applying to seed, Series A and Series B startups (Stripe, Notion, Linear, Figma, Vercel, Anthropic, Hugging Face, Mistral AI, OpenAI). Equally useful for solo founders seeking a co-founder or building an investor-ready document that stays parseable.
How to use it
Lead with impact on traction and the north-star metric: MAU, ARR, retention, activation rate, NPS, viral coefficient. For engineers, list the stack in detail (languages, frameworks, cloud, observability) and signature open-source contributions if applicable. For PMs, structure experience by product/feature shipped with problem solved, design of experience, impact metric (adoption, engagement, conversion). Mention funding rounds and notable investors of past companies for context.
Frequently asked questions
Should I mention valuations or fundraising of past companies?
Yes for Series A+ companies, it's a seniority signal for the environment. Mention the stage (seed, Series A, Series B), the round size and the lead investors (Sequoia, a16z, Founders Fund, Accel, Index Ventures, Benchmark, GV, Greylock). Avoid precise valuations unless publicly disclosed (TechCrunch, Crunchbase). Founders and VPs at startups filter by the quality of the board at past companies.
How do I present solo-founder experience?
State the project, the segment, the traction achieved (MRR, users, retention) and the key lessons learned. Clearly indicate the current status: pivot, sale/acqui-hire, shutdown, ongoing. List skills acquired beyond the original domain (fundraising, hiring, founder-led sales, product). Directors at scale-ups value ex-founders for their ownership mindset and resilience — particularly for senior IC roles.
Does the template work for Senior Engineers?
Yes. Adapt the Technical Skills section with the stack by layer (front-end React/Vue/Svelte, back-end Node/Go/Rust/Python, cloud AWS/GCP/Cloudflare, databases Postgres/MongoDB/Redis, observability Datadog/Sentry/OpenTelemetry). Mention signature open-source contributions and technical talks (KubeCon, ReactConf, RustFest, PyConf) that demonstrate domain expertise to engineering managers and CTOs.
