Frontend Developer CV Example
Core Web Vitals, accessibility and conversion — frontend work expressed in user outcomes.
The strongest frontend CVs talk about users, not frameworks. Frameworks change; the ability to make an interface fast, accessible and convertible does not. This example leads every bullet with a user-measurable outcome and lets the tools appear as supporting cast.
Why this CV works
- Every headline bullet is a user outcome — conversion, accessibility, speed — with the technique as the explanation, not the point.
- The accessibility story has a business consequence (a tender won), which elevates it beyond compliance.
- A design system with adoption (3 squads) and an effect (40% fewer defects) proves systems thinking.
- Specific numbers on bundles and vitals show the candidate actually measures, which most frontend CVs only imply.
The professional summary
Frontend Developer with 5 years specialising in React and performance. Took an e-commerce PWA from failing Core Web Vitals to green across all three metrics, lifting mobile conversion 14%, and led the WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility pass that opened a government client segment. Component-library thinking, design-system fluent.
Claim one specialism (performance, accessibility, design systems) and prove it with your best number. "Frontend developer who knows React" describes fifty thousand people.
Writing the work experience
Translate technical work into what a user or the business felt: faster first paint → conversion; ARIA labels → audience reached. Keep the technique in the second half of the bullet.
Turning duties into achievements
Skills on this CV
ATS tips for Frontend Developers
- Include "front-end", "frontend" and "front end" once each across the CV — all three appear in ads and filters are literal.
- "Accessibility" and "WCAG" are rising hard filters; name the level (2.1 AA) you worked to.
- Name the testing tools (Jest, Testing Library, Playwright) — "testing" alone is too generic to match.
ATS checks help identify potential compatibility issues, but employers and ATS platforms use different criteria — no template or score can guarantee an outcome.
Writing tips
- Core Web Vitals numbers are the fastest credibility signal in frontend hiring right now.
- Design-system work needs an adoption number; an unused component library is a side project.
- Resist listing every framework — depth in one with evidence beats breadth in four without.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a portfolio link?
For product-company roles, shipped-product bullets outweigh portfolios. For agency/freelance roles, a portfolio still matters — link one page that loads fast.
React or the newer framework on top?
Lead with what the target ads ask for. Mention a second framework only with production evidence.
How do I show design collaboration?
With its result: rework rates, handoff speed, designer-verified fidelity. "Worked closely with designers" is unfalsifiable.
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