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Web Developer Resume Example

Web developer hiring splits between people who ship interfaces users measurably like and people who list frameworks. The difference on paper is bullets tied to Core Web Vitals, conversion, and accessibility — numbers every production site tracks and almost no resume mentions.

Your portfolio link matters more in this role than almost any other, but it supplements the resume, it never replaces it: portals parse the PDF, not your site. The example below keeps every credential in parseable text and treats the portfolio as evidence, not structure.

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Web Developer bullet points you can adapt

Swap in your own numbers and tools — never paste a bullet you can't back up in an interview.

  • Cut LCP from 3.9s to 1.6s on the highest-traffic landing page by inlining critical CSS and deferring analytics
  • Reduced JavaScript bundle 42% by code-splitting routes and replacing moment.js and lodash imports
  • Shipped a checkout redesign that lifted completed purchases 8% in an A/B test over 6 weeks
  • Built a design-token pipeline syncing Figma to Tailwind config, ending style-drift bugs between design and prod
  • Migrated 40 marketing pages from WordPress to a headless CMS with zero SEO ranking loss
  • Fixed keyboard-trap and contrast issues to reach WCAG 2.1 AA, opening the site to state government clients
  • Added visual regression testing (Playwright) that caught 20+ UI breakages before release in one year
  • Localized the storefront into 3 languages with next-intl, including RTL layout support
  • Cut 404s from stale campaign links 90% by building a redirect manager for the marketing team

Skills for a Web Developer resume

Hard skills

  • React and Next.js
  • TypeScript and modern JavaScript
  • HTML semantics and CSS (Tailwind)
  • Core Web Vitals optimization
  • Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA)
  • REST and GraphQL integration
  • Node.js and PostgreSQL basics
  • Testing (Playwright, Vitest)

Soft skills

  • Translating design intent faithfully
  • Estimating honestly for marketing deadlines
  • Explaining performance trade-offs to non-devs
  • Working solo without drifting from spec
  • Code review that teaches

ATS tips for Web Developer resumes

  • Write framework names the way postings do: "React", "Next.js", "TypeScript" as separate skills — a filter for Next.js won't match "React ecosystem".
  • Put your portfolio URL in plain text in the header. Some parsers drop hyperlink targets, and a recruiter retyping your URL is a conversion you want.
  • Use "web developer" or "frontend developer" verbatim in your headline to match the title recruiters search — clever titles like "UI craftsman" match nothing.
  • Quantify with the metrics the industry tracks: Lighthouse scores, LCP/CLS, conversion, bundle size. They parse as plain text and read as fluency.
  • Keep the resume single-column even though you can build anything fancier — the portal parses first; the portfolio is where design lives. More in our ATS guide.

Recommended template

Kernel fits experience, projects, and a real skills matrix on one page — the format tech recruiters expect and parse without loss.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need a computer science degree?
For most web developer roles, no — shipped work beats credentials. Lead with experience and projects; list whatever degree or bootcamp you have in Education without apology. If you're self-taught with no work history yet, the no-experience guide shows how to make projects carry the page.
Should I list WordPress if I'm targeting React jobs?
Yes, if it's real experience — agencies and in-house teams still run enormous WordPress estates, and migration experience is a selling point. Position it as one line, keep React work on top.
How many projects should I include?
One or two with real usage numbers beat five demos. "2,100 registered sites" is a bullet; "a to-do app with React hooks" is filler. If a project has no users, give it a measurable engineering fact instead — test coverage, bundle size, load time.

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