Frontend Developer resume example. Plus the keywords recruiters search for.
A frontend developer resume that shows faster pages, accessible interfaces and components other teams reuse — with the React, TypeScript and testing keywords hiring managers search for.
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/ The example
Frontend Developer resume example.
Leah Brennan
Frontend Developer
Minneapolis, MN · leah.brennan@email.com · github.com/lbrennan
Summary
Frontend developer with 5 years building web apps in React and TypeScript. I care about pages that load fast on an inexpensive phone and work with a keyboard and a screen reader, and I write web accessibility and performance into the definition of done.
Experience
Frontend Developer, Northstar Ledger · Mar 2022 – Present
- • Build customer-facing features in React and TypeScript on top of REST APIs for a budgeting app used by 400,000 people a month
- • Moved the marketing site and account pages to Next.js with server rendering, improving Core Web Vitals; mobile Largest Contentful Paint fell from 4.1s to 1.8s
- • Led an accessibility pass against WCAG 2.1 AA, fixing 120+ issues found with axe and screen reader testing in NVDA and VoiceOver
- • Built a shared component library in Storybook now used by 4 product teams, with Playwright end-to-end tests running on every pull request
Junior Frontend Developer, Pixelworth Studio · Jun 2020 – Feb 2022
- • Built 15+ sites for retail and nonprofit clients in HTML, CSS (Sass) and JavaScript, using responsive design from 320px phones up to wide desktop screens
- • Wrote unit tests with Jest and React Testing Library, raising coverage on a client's checkout widget from 35% to 80%
- • Turned Figma designs into accurate, reusable page templates and fixed layout bugs across Chrome, Safari and Firefox
Education
B.S. Computer Science, University of Minnesota, 2020
Skills
React · TypeScript · JavaScript · Next.js · HTML · CSS · Tailwind CSS · Jest · React Testing Library · Playwright · Storybook · Git · Figma
Leah Brennan
Frontend Developer
leah.brennan@email.com · Minneapolis, MN
github.com/lbrennan
Summary
Frontend developer with 5 years building web apps in React and TypeScript. I care about pages that load fast on an inexpensive phone and work with a keyboard and a screen reader, and I write web accessibility and performance into the definition of done.
Experience
Frontend Developer — Northstar Ledger
Mar 2022 – Present
• Build customer-facing features in React and TypeScript on top of REST APIs for a budgeting app used by 400,000 people a month
• Moved the marketing site and account pages to Next.js with server rendering, improving Core Web Vitals; mobile Largest Contentful Paint fell from 4.1s to 1.8s
• Led an accessibility pass against WCAG 2.1 AA, fixing 120+ issues found with axe and screen reader testing in NVDA and VoiceOver
• Built a shared component library in Storybook now used by 4 product teams, with Playwright end-to-end tests running on every pull request
Junior Frontend Developer — Pixelworth Studio
Jun 2020 – Feb 2022
• Built 15+ sites for retail and nonprofit clients in HTML, CSS (Sass) and JavaScript, using responsive design from 320px phones up to wide desktop screens
• Wrote unit tests with Jest and React Testing Library, raising coverage on a client's checkout widget from 35% to 80%
• Turned Figma designs into accurate, reusable page templates and fixed layout bugs across Chrome, Safari and Firefox
Education
University of Minnesota
B.S. Computer Science · 2020
Skills
React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, HTML, CSS, Tailwind CSS, Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, Storybook, Git, Figma
Why it works
Each bullet ties a frontend decision to something users feel — load time, accessibility fixes, fewer bugs — and names the standard or metric behind it, like WCAG 2.1 AA or Largest Contentful Paint. The stack is written in plain words a recruiter can search, and the agency job shows range across many clients.
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/ Summary examples
Three summary examples. Pick the one closest to you.
Two or three lines: your level, your field and one result.
- Entry level
Computer science graduate with a frontend internship and 3 portfolio projects in React and TypeScript, each tested with Jest and checked for keyboard and screen reader access.
- Mid level
Frontend developer with 5 years in React and TypeScript. I moved a fintech site to Next.js, cut mobile Largest Contentful Paint from 4.1s to 1.8s and led a WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility pass.
- Senior
Senior frontend engineer who leads a web platform team of 4, owns the design system and sets performance and accessibility budgets for 6 product teams.
More for other jobs and situations (no experience, career change, senior): resume summary examples.
/ Bullet points
Bullet point examples. From duty to result.
Turn duties into results: what you did, how, and what changed.
Performance
Instead of: Made the website faster
Write: Moved account pages to Next.js with server rendering; mobile Largest Contentful Paint fell from 4.1s to 1.8s
Accessibility
Instead of: Worked on accessibility
Write: Fixed 120+ WCAG 2.1 AA issues found with axe and screen reader testing in NVDA and VoiceOver
Components
Instead of: Built reusable components
Write: Built a Storybook component library now used by 4 product teams
Testing
Instead of: Wrote tests
Write: Raised unit test coverage on a checkout widget from 35% to 80% with Jest and React Testing Library
Responsive design
Instead of: Made sites mobile-friendly
Write: Built 15+ client sites with responsive layouts that work from 320px phones to wide desktop screens
Collaboration
Instead of: Worked with designers
Write: Turned Figma designs into reusable page templates and fixed cross-browser layout bugs with the design team
/ Keywords
Keywords and skills for frontend developers.
These come up often in frontend developer job posts. Include only the ones you can back up in an interview, and use the exact wording from the post you're applying to.
- React
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Next.js
- HTML
- CSS
- Responsive design
- Web accessibility
- WCAG
- Core Web Vitals
- REST APIs
- Jest
- React Testing Library
- Playwright
- Storybook
- Git
- Figma
/ ATS tips
ATS tips for frontend developers.
Mirror the framework in the post
React, Vue, Angular and Svelte are searched separately, and so are Next.js and Nuxt. Lead with the ones the job asks for that you've used in production.
Measure performance with real metrics
Core Web Vitals — Largest Contentful Paint, Interaction to Next Paint and Cumulative Layout Shift — or bundle size give a hiring manager something concrete. Google replaced First Input Delay with Interaction to Next Paint in 2024, so use the current names.
Name the accessibility standard
"WCAG 2.1 AA" or "WCAG 2.2 AA" and the tools you tested with say much more than "accessibility-minded".
Show testing, not just building
Unit, component and end-to-end tests are a common filter. Name the tools — Jest, Testing Library, Playwright or Cypress — in a bullet with a result.
Link code you can talk about
A GitHub profile or a live project is useful, but write it out as plain text and make sure the bullets explain the work without it.
How does your frontend developer resume compare?
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/ Questions
Frontend Developer resume FAQ.
Writing the cover letter too? See Leah's cover letter, annotated
What's the difference between a frontend and a full-stack developer resume?
A frontend resume goes deep on the browser: UI frameworks, CSS, accessibility, performance and frontend testing. A full-stack resume adds server code, databases and APIs. Use the title you held and match the focus of the post.
Should I list every JavaScript library I've used?
No. List the framework, language, styling approach and testing tools you know well, and match them to the job post. A short list you can defend in an interview is better than a long one.
Do I need a portfolio?
It helps, especially early in your career. Two or three projects with clean code, tests and a short write-up are worth more than many unfinished ones.
Are certifications useful for frontend developers?
Rarely required. Hiring managers look at your work, your code and how you explain trade-offs. A course can help you learn, but list it only if it's relevant and recent.
How do I show accessibility work on a resume?
Name the standard, the size of the work and how you tested it — for example, "fixed 120+ WCAG 2.1 AA issues found with axe and screen reader testing".