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Developer resume template

One page, results first, no skill bars. Written for the person who has 30 seconds and a pile of fifty resumes.

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[Your name]

[The role you want, e.g. Front-end developer] · [City, Country] · [Email] · [Portfolio link] · [GitHub] · [LinkedIn]

Summary

[Two sentences: what you build, for whom, and one result. E.g. "Front-end developer with four years building marketing sites for UAE brands. Halved page load times on a 40-page WordPress rebuild."]

Experience

[Job title], [Company] · [City or Remote] · [Year – Year]

  • [Action verb + what you did + a measurable result]
  • [Shipped X, used by Y, which led to Z]
  • [Led, owned or improved something, with a number]

[Job title], [Company] · [Year – Year]

  • [Result-first bullet]
  • [Result-first bullet]

Note: Three bullets for recent roles, one or two for older ones. Every bullet should answer "so what?"

Selected projects

  • [Project name]: [what it is, your role, the stack, the outcome] · [link]
  • [Project name]: [what it is, your role, the stack, the outcome] · [link]

Skills

Languages: [JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP] · Frameworks: [React, Next.js, WordPress] · Tools: [Git, Figma, Vercel]

Note: List only what you'd be happy to be tested on in an interview.

Education

[Degree or course], [Institution] · [Year]

Before you send it

  • Save it as a PDF named Firstname-Lastname-Resume.pdf
  • Use the job ad's own words in your summary
  • Open every link to check it works
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