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Frontend Developer resume keywords and example
Frontend postings name a framework (usually React, sometimes Vue or Angular), TypeScript, and the testing and build tools around it. More of them now ask for accessibility and performance work by name, such as WCAG and Core Web Vitals, so a résumé that only says "built responsive UIs" misses half the match. Below are the keywords that repeat, a sample summary, skills grouped by type, and example bullets from entry level to senior.
Updated 14 November 2026. Keyword research current as of November 2026, sourced from public ATS keyword guides, not Weydr's own usage data.
Frontend Developer keywords that repeat in job postings
- React
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- HTML / CSS
- Accessibility (WCAG)
- Core Web Vitals
- State Management (Redux)
- Jest / Playwright
- Design Systems
Only include the ones that are true for you. A keyword you can't back up in an interview costs more than it gains.
Sample professional summary
Frontend developer with 4 years building React and TypeScript applications for a B2B analytics product. Owns the shared component library in Storybook, writes tests in Jest and Playwright, and works with design in Figma. Has led accessibility fixes to WCAG 2.1 AA and cut page load times by profiling Core Web Vitals.
Illustrative example. Swap in your own years, domain, tools and results.
Skills to list on a frontend developer resume
Hard skills
- Component architecture in React
- TypeScript type design
- Responsive layout with CSS Grid and Flexbox
- Web accessibility (WCAG, ARIA, keyboard support)
- Performance profiling (LCP, INP, CLS)
- Client state and data fetching
- Unit and end-to-end testing
Soft skills
- Working with designers on detail
- Code review
- Explaining trade-offs to product managers
- Attention to user experience
- Written communication in pull requests
Tools
- React
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Storybook
- Jest
- Playwright
- Figma
- Vite
A tailored bullet, before and after
Built front-end features using React.
Rebuilt the dashboard's data tables as typed React components with virtualized rendering, cutting Interaction to Next Paint from 450 ms to 160 ms on accounts with 10,000 rows.
Example resume bullets by seniority
Illustrative examples: the companies, numbers and outcomes are made up to show the structure (action, scope, tool, result). Use your own real figures.
Entry level
- Converted 14 Figma screens into responsive React and Tailwind CSS components, matching the design within review on the first pass for 11 of them.
- Added Jest and React Testing Library tests to the checkout form, raising its coverage from 20% to 75% and catching 2 validation bugs before release.
Mid level
- Led an accessibility pass on the signup and billing flows, fixing 40 WCAG 2.1 AA issues found with axe and screen-reader testing.
- Moved the marketing site to Next.js with static generation and image optimization, bringing Largest Contentful Paint on mobile from 4.1 s to 1.9 s.
Senior
- Built and maintained a TypeScript design system in Storybook used by 5 product teams, replacing 3 inconsistent button and form libraries.
- Set the frontend testing strategy with Playwright in CI, reducing UI regressions reported after release from about 6 a month to 1.
Gaps candidates miss most
- TypeScript by name, when postings list it next to React as a baseline
- Accessibility and performance work stated as results (WCAG level, a Core Web Vitals metric)
- The testing tools you actually used (Jest, Cypress, Playwright), not just "wrote tests"
Common frontend developer resume mistakes
- "Built responsive UIs" with no product, scale or result attached.
- A skills list of every framework you've tried instead of the one you shipped with.
- Describing pixel work without saying what it improved for users or the business.
- Leaving out design-system or component-library work, which postings often ask for directly.
- Linking a portfolio that is broken, slow or inaccessible, which undercuts the résumé.
Before you stuff in keywords
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