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Web Developer resume example

A web developer resume has to show two things quickly: that you can build fast, accessible sites, and that they did something for the business. This example pairs every technical bullet with its outcome and links to live work, which matters more for web roles than almost any other.

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A web developer resume example for Priya Nair, Front End Web Developer

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Web Developer resume summary examples

Two or three sentences at the top of your resume that say who you are, what you’re good at and what you’ve achieved. Pick the one closest to your level and swap in your own facts.

Entry level
Web developer with a portfolio of six client sites and a bootcamp certificate in full stack JavaScript. Builds responsive, accessible pages in React and cares about load times.
Mid level
Front end developer with 4 years building fast, accessible sites in React and TypeScript. Recent work lifted checkout conversion 11% through performance improvements.
Senior
Senior web developer with 9 years leading front end architecture for e-commerce brands. Built the design system and performance budget that three product teams now ship with.

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Bullet points for a web developer resume

Strong bullets start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a result someone can measure. Use these as patterns, with your own numbers.

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  • Improved mobile Lighthouse performance from 38 to 94, lifting conversion 11%
  • Built a library of 60 accessible React components used across three products
  • Fixed 140 accessibility issues to bring the site to WCAG 2.1 AA
  • Cut page weight by 60% with image compression, code splitting and lazy loading
  • Launched 25 landing pages a quarter from a reusable page builder
  • Added end to end tests with Playwright, catching regressions before release
  • Improved organic traffic 35% by fixing technical SEO issues and page speed
  • Worked with designers in Figma to turn mockups into pixel accurate components

Skills to put on a web developer resume

Tracking systems match your resume against the words in the job posting, so list the skills you really have using the posting’s own terms. Hard skills belong in a skills section; show soft skills through your bullet points.

Hard skills

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Vue
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Responsive design
  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • Core Web Vitals
  • Technical SEO
  • REST APIs
  • Git
  • Jest
  • Playwright
  • WordPress
  • Figma

Soft skills

  • Working with designers
  • Attention to detail
  • Client communication
  • Prioritisation
  • Problem solving
  • Documentation

How to write a web developer resume

  1. 01

    Link to live work

    Put your portfolio or GitHub in the header. For web roles, a link to a fast, well built site is often the strongest line on the page.

  2. 02

    Tie technical work to business results

    Page speed, accessibility and SEO all move numbers a business cares about. "Lifted conversion 11% by improving load time" beats "Optimised performance".

  3. 03

    Group skills so they're easy to scan

    Split skills into front end, tools and practices. Recruiters and tracking systems both find exact tool names faster in short, labelled groups.

  4. 04

    Check what a tracking system sees

    Before you apply, run your finished resume through the free ATS resume checker to see the exact text a parser pulls out, and fix anything that comes out scrambled.

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