Web developer CV example
A technical CV is read for impact, not for a wall of technologies: latency cut, deploys sped up, users served — with the stack in the right place.
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- Sector
- Technology and data
- Template used
- Oslo
- ATS level
- ATS verified
- ATS keywords
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How the CV looks once laid out
The same example content, laid out in the recommended template: single column, selectable text and no tables or graphics that break automated parsing.
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Megan Lewis
Full stack developer specialising in React and Node.js
megan.lewis@mail.com · 07700 900456 · Manchester · linkedin.com/in/megan
Professional summary
Full stack developer with six years shipping product in React and Node.js. I've run applications serving 200,000 monthly users, halved API latency and built continuous deployment pipelines. Comfortable from API design through to front-end accessibility.
Experience
Web developer
Employer name · City · 2019 – Present
- Cut average API latency by 55% by optimising queries and caching
- Shipped a redesign to 200,000 monthly users with zero downtime
- Reduced deploy time from 40 to 6 minutes with CI/CD and automated tests
Education
Qualification or certificate for the role
Training centre · Year
Skills
- ReactAdvanced
- Node.jsAdvanced
- TypeScriptAdvanced
- PostgreSQLAdvanced
- CI/CDAdvanced
- Automated testingAdvanced
Languages
- EnglishNative
- SpanishB2
01
Professional headline
This is the line that decides whether they keep reading: a specific role and years of experience, never an adjective.
Full stack developer specialising in React and Node.js
02
Example professional summary
Three or four sentences with your specialism, one figure and your goal. It sits right under the headline.
Full stack developer with six years shipping product in React and Node.js. I've run applications serving 200,000 monthly users, halved API latency and built continuous deployment pipelines. Comfortable from API design through to front-end accessibility.
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Achievements that work in this role
Past-tense verb, what you did, measurable result. Three to five per role, strongest first.
- 01Cut average API latency by 55% by optimising queries and caching
- 02Shipped a redesign to 200,000 monthly users with zero downtime
- 03Reduced deploy time from 40 to 6 minutes with CI/CD and automated tests
04
Skills to include
Written as plain text: rating bars are invisible to automated filters.
- React
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- CI/CD
- Automated testing
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ATS keywords
The terms filters search for in this role. Place them inside your experience, not in a list at the end.
- React
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- CI/CD
- REST API
Work them naturally into your experience — these are the terms screening software scans for.
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Tips for this CV
What separates a CV for this trade from a generic one.
- 01
Give every achievement a metric: latency, users, conversion or deploy time.
- 02
Mirror the job ad's stack using the exact names — ATS matching is literal.
- 03
Put your GitHub or portfolio link in the header, not buried at the end.
07
What a web developer CV is
Short definition, ready to quote.
A web developer CV is the one or two page document used to apply for a web developer role in technology and data: it brings together the professional headline, the profile summary, experience with measurable results and the competencies the trade expects you to evidence, such as React and Node.js. Unlike a generic CV, it is ordered around what the applicant tracking system and the hiring manager look for in a web developer: the words used in the advert and the numbers of the actual job.
08
Keywords and where to place them
Each term works best in a specific place in the document. Repeating them all at the end scores nothing.
| Keyword | Where to place it |
|---|---|
| React | In the professional headline |
| Node.js | In the profile summary |
| TypeScript | Inside an achievement with a figure |
| CI/CD | In the skills list |
| REST API | In training or certifications |
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How this web developer CV gets through the filters
What the example above does right, point by point.
- The headline reads «Full stack developer specialising in React and Node.js»: the job title (web developer) appears literally in the first line, not as a creative synonym.
- The trade's keywords —React, Node.js, TypeScript— sit inside the experience and summary, where the filter reads them in context.
- Every achievement carries its figure. «Cut average API latency by 55% by optimising queries and caching» is the pattern to copy: volume, timeframe and result.
- Skills such as React, Node.js, TypeScript are written as plain text, never as rating bars or stars, which no parser can read.
- The Oslo template is single-column and rated ATS verified, so the sections come out in order.
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What hiring managers look for in a web developer
The three points that separate two candidates in this trade.
The stack you actually shipped with
A tech lead is matching against their codebase. Name the production stack (React, Node, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, Docker) and separate what you own from what you have touched; overstating here surfaces in the first technical question.
Measurable product impact
Translate code into outcome: load time, conversion, production errors, infrastructure cost, tickets avoided. “Cut list page load from 4.2s to 1.1s” beats any technology list.
How much of the lifecycle you cover
Say where you genuinely sit: solution design, code review, automated testing, CI/CD, deployment, on-call and observability. Seniority reads there, not in years served.
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Common mistakes on a web developer CV
The ones that repeat in this role, each with its fix.
- 01
A technology cloud with no context
Thirty technologies in a list say you own none of them. Group by real level and show each inside a project with its problem and its result.
- 02
No repository or live project link
In development, the link is the evidence. A repository with real commits, a deployed project or a published package replaces half the interview.
- 03
Describing tasks instead of decisions
“Developed new features” says nothing. What interests a reviewer is the decision: why that architecture, what you rejected, and what happened to performance or cost.
- 04
Designing the CV like a portfolio
Columns, skill bars and decorative type break in large-company portals. Keep the design for the portfolio and submit a single-column CV with selectable text.
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What a web developer earns
So you can tell whether an advert is at market rate before applying.
- Usual range
- Typically £40,000-£70,000 a year depending on seniority and location, with London and product companies at the top
- What moves the figure
- Impact and product ownership move the figure more than years; remote roles for overseas companies sit outside the band entirely.
- Where the figure comes from
- Ranges observed in UK developer adverts through 2026.
Frequently asked
Questions about a web developer CV
- Do I need a degree to work as a developer?
- No. Bootcamp graduates and self-taught developers get hired on verifiable evidence: deployed projects, a repository with history, and a passed technical test.
- How long should a technical CV be?
- One page under five years, two at most after that. What gets read is your last two projects with impact; everything else compresses to a line per role.
- Are personal projects worth including?
- Yes, if they are live and openable. A project with real users, however few, proves more than a finished course because it implies deployment, failures and maintenance.
- Does ATS formatting matter for small companies?
- Yes, because many use third-party portals to receive applications. One column, plain text and the advert's own wording cost nothing and avoid an automatic reject.
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