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I would write one and keep it short. Nobody wants to read a huge block of text. For startups, I've always kept it informal and sent it as an email. Hi Team,

I would write one and keep it short. Nobody wants to read a huge block of text. For startups, I've always kept it informal and sent it as an email. Hi Team, I'm a software engineer in [LOCATION] looking for new opportunities. I have experience with your stack and would love to hear more about the company and openings. You can see more from me here: [WEBSITE/GITHUB LINK] Please have a glance at my resume and see if my skills and experience could be useful. Thanks, [FIRST LAST NAME]

dewey 9y ago
That’s also how I always did it and it works well for startup jobs. A lot of people are too formal or list too many things that the person on the other end doesn’t care about. It’s also important to reference something from the company website / job offer in my opinion. I recently had to wade through a bunch of applications we got through Indeed and 100% of them had irrelevant generic cover letters / intro text that could apply to a startup or an enterprise at the same time. Spending your time on that instead of formatting your CV goes a long way.