ModernCV Cover Letter

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\name{First}{Last}
\title{Senior Software Engineer}
\address{123 Market Street}{San Francisco, CA 94103}{USA}
\phone[mobile]{+1~(555)~123~4567}
\email{[email protected]}

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\recipient{Hiring Manager}{Company Name\\456 Corporate Ave\\San Francisco, CA 94107}
\date{\today}
\opening{Dear Hiring Manager,}
\closing{Yours sincerely,}
\enclosure[Attached]{curriculum vit\ae}

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I am writing to apply for the Senior Software Engineer position at Company Name.
Eight years of building distributed systems at Stripe and Airbnb have prepared
me well for the systems scale and reliability challenges you describe in your
job posting.

At Stripe I led a migration of the billing service from a monolith to
microservices, cutting p99 latency by 42\%. I also designed a rate-limiting
layer handling 2.4M RPS at peak. I place equal weight on clean code and
operational excellence -- I am the engineer you want on call.

Beyond individual delivery I have mentored four engineers at Stripe, two of
whom have been promoted within 18 months. I would bring that same balance of
delivery and mentorship to your team.

I would welcome the chance to discuss my background in more detail. Thank you
for your consideration.

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