LaTeX resume templates
119 LaTeX designs — every one free to edit and preview before download.
Popular LaTeX resume designs
The community classics and institute placement formats, each with its own guide — layout, ATS behavior, and who it suits.
All 119 LaTeX templates
Why do engineers use LaTeX resume templates?
LaTeX produces precise, consistent typography — clean spacing, aligned columns, and text-based PDFs whose content extracts exactly as written. That is why formats like Jake's Resume and the institute placement templates became the default in engineering and research circles: the output looks disciplined, and applicant tracking systems can read every character.
Do LaTeX resumes pass ATS screening?
Single-column LaTeX resumes are among the most parser-reliable files you can submit: the compiled PDF is real text in reading order, with standard section headings. Multi-column and sidebar designs are the exception — their text can extract out of order in strict parsers — so ResumeWizard labels every design's layout and flags the ones to avoid for ATS-heavy pipelines.
Do I need to know LaTeX to use these templates?
No. ResumeWizard compiles the LaTeX for you. You edit your content in a normal editor — sections, bullets, skills — watch the typeset preview update live, and download the finished PDF. You get LaTeX's typography without installing a TeX distribution, fixing packages, or reading compiler errors.
How is this different from editing on Overleaf?
Overleaf is a general-purpose LaTeX editor: full control of the source, which is powerful if you write LaTeX. ResumeWizard is resume-specific: structured content fields instead of raw source, an ATS score and keyword matching against real job descriptions, and one-click PDF export. Many people draft here and keep Overleaf for papers.
LaTeX resume template FAQ
- Are LaTeX resume templates free to use here?
- Yes — every LaTeX template is free to edit and preview. A Free account includes one resume download and five ATS analyses; Starter and Unlimited add more downloads and unlimited analyses. There is no separate charge for any particular design.
- Which LaTeX resume template is best for ATS?
- Pick a single-column design: Jake's Resume, Modern Single-Column, Classic ATS, FAANGPath Simple, or any of the institute placement formats. Their compiled PDFs extract as clean text in reading order with standard headings, which is exactly what applicant tracking systems parse best.
- Can I use the famous designs like Jake's Resume or Deedy here?
- Yes. ResumeWizard ships editable versions of the community classics — Jake's Resume, Deedy, AltaCV, Awesome-CV, ModernCV, Friggeri, Twenty Seconds, and more — each with its own detail page describing layout, ATS behavior, and who it suits.
- Do LaTeX resumes look different from Word resumes?
- Noticeably. LaTeX applies consistent typographic rules — even spacing, precise alignment, professional fonts — that are hard to reproduce by hand in a word processor. Recruiters in engineering fields recognize the look, and the text-based PDF output stays parser-friendly.
- Do I need to install anything to download my PDF?
- No. The LaTeX compilation runs on ResumeWizard's servers: you edit in the browser, the preview updates live, and the download button gives you the finished PDF. No TeX distribution, no packages, no command line.