A web developer resume needs evidence behind the stack.

These titles can describe overlapping work, but keyword searches treat them as different queries. Put the title used in the vacancy at the top of your resume when it accurately describes your experience.

• Web Developer
• Front-end Developer
• Back-end Developer
• Full-stack Developer
• Software Engineer
• JavaScript Developer

Name the languages, frameworks, and engineering practices used in production. Recruiters search for the stack in the vacancy, not the umbrella term “web development”.

• JavaScriptEssential

  Core browser language. Add the runtime or framework and describe what you built with it.

  Also write: JS · ECMAScript · ES6+

• TypeScriptEssential

  Signals experience with typed, shared codebases. Pair it with a concrete application or library.

  Also write: TS

• ReactEssential

  Common front-end filter. State whether you owned components, state management, accessibility, or performance.

  Also write: React.js · ReactJS · Next.js

• Node.js

  Shows server-side JavaScript experience. Name the framework, APIs, and data store involved.

  Also write: Node · NodeJS · Express · NestJS

• SQLEssential

  Proves you can query and reason about application data rather than treating the database as a black box.

  Also write: PostgreSQL · MySQL · SQL queries

• REST API

  Clarify whether you designed, implemented, documented, or only consumed the API.

  Also write: RESTful API · REST · OpenAPI

• Automated testing

  Separates production experience from tutorial projects. Name the testing level and tool.

  Also write: unit testing · integration testing · end-to-end testing · TDD

Tooling reveals whether you worked through the full delivery cycle. Keep the tools you used regularly and connect them to an action.

• GitEssential

  Expected in every team. Mention pull requests, branching, or code review rather than listing it alone.

  Also write: GitHub · GitLab · Bitbucket

• Docker

  Shows that your application and development environment can run consistently beyond your laptop.

  Also write: containers · Docker Compose

• CI/CD

  Evidence that you automated checks and releases. Name the platform and what the pipeline did.

  Also write: continuous integration · continuous delivery · GitHub Actions · GitLab CI

• AWS

  Useful only with the services you actually operated, such as Lambda, ECS, S3, or RDS.

  Also write: Amazon Web Services · Azure · Google Cloud

• Sentry

  Signals ownership after release through error tracking and production diagnosis.

  Also write: Datadog · monitoring · observability

Certifications support a specialist claim, but deployed software and readable code remain stronger evidence for most developer roles.

• AWS Certified Developer

  Relevant for cloud-heavy back-end and full-stack roles when supported by hands-on AWS work.

  Also write: AWS Certified · AWS Developer Associate

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate

  A useful exact-match term for organisations standardised on Azure.

  Also write: AZ-204 · Azure Developer

• Professional Scrum Master

  Can support senior or lead responsibilities, but never replaces technical delivery evidence.

  Also write: PSM I · Certified ScrumMaster

• Computer Science degree

  Use the exact qualification and institution; do not let education displace recent engineering results.

  Also write: BSc Computer Science · MSc Computer Science · Software Engineering degree

These terms show what happened around the code: collaboration, release ownership, technical decisions, and support for other engineers.

• Code review

  Shows that you improve shared code and can give actionable technical feedback.

  Also write: pull request review · merge request review

• Production deployment

  Proves your work reached users and that you took responsibility beyond implementation.

  Also write: release · deployment · go-live

• Technical migration

  Framework upgrades, platform moves, and legacy replacement demonstrate risk management as well as coding.

  Also write: modernisation · framework upgrade · legacy migration

• Technical documentation

  Useful evidence that others could operate, extend, or integrate with what you built.

  Also write: API documentation · architecture decision record · ADR

• Mentoring

  A credible senior signal when you specify who you supported and how.

  Also write: pair programming · developer onboarding · coaching

The figures below are examples. Replace them with your own evidence—the structure is reusable, the content is not.

• A skills bar showing 90% JavaScript

  The number has no shared scale and the graphic may be invisible to an ATS. Use shipped work and technical decisions instead.

• Every tool you tried once

  A long stack invites questions about your weakest item. Keep technologies used in production or in a substantial project.

• Built various websites

  Name the product surface, users, technical constraint, and result so the reader can judge complexity.

• Passionate developer

  Interest is better demonstrated by maintained projects, contributions, learning, or measurable improvements.