Front-End Developer Resume Keywords: Frameworks, Types and Accessibility

The framework is the gate, and it does not carry across

React, Vue, Angular and Svelte are matched as separate tokens with no equivalence between them. So are the meta-frameworks that now sit on top: Next.js, Nuxt, Remix, SvelteKit, Astro. A posting for a Next.js role will often name only Next.js, and a resume that says “React” in every bullet without the framework name can miss it entirely. Write both — the library and the framework you shipped it in.

State management is a second, smaller gate and it is framework-specific: Redux, Redux Toolkit, Zustand, Jotai and TanStack Query in React; Pinia and Vuex in Vue; NgRx, RxJS and signals in Angular. Naming yours signals real application work rather than component-level familiarity. And keep React and React Native separate — they are different hiring markets and conflating them costs you both.

Then the spelling. “Front-end”, “frontend” and “front end” are three distinct strings, and job adverts use all three. Put the hyphenated form in your title, the closed form once in your summary or skills line, and stop worrying about it. It is the cheapest keyword fix available on this page.

TypeScript, testing and the build chain are now assumed

TypeScript has moved from differentiator to default in professional front-end postings, and it is screened as its own term rather than being read into “JavaScript”. If your last two years have been typed, say so explicitly and mention the parts that show depth — generics, discriminated unions, typed API clients, strict mode.

Testing is where most front-end resumes are thin, so it is cheap ground to take. Jest and Vitest for unit tests, React Testing Library for component tests, Playwright or Cypress for end-to-end, and Storybook for component documentation and visual regression. Naming a specific runner is worth more than the phrase “unit testing”, and postings almost always name one.

The build chain dates you faster than the framework does. Vite has displaced Webpack in most new projects, pnpm and workspaces are common, and monorepo tooling such as Turborepo or Nx appears in larger teams. Listing only Webpack, Gulp or Bower reads as a page that has not been rewritten in five years, whatever the dates on it say.

Finally, name the design tooling. Figma appears in a large share of front-end postings because handover is part of the job, and design systems, design tokens, component libraries and accessibility annotations are all searched terms in product teams.

Framework versions carry information too. React 19, the Next.js App Router and server components, Angular standalone components and signals, Vue 3 with the Composition API, Svelte 5 runes — naming the version or the API generation tells a reviewer whether your experience is current or dates from several years ago. It matters most for React, where the move to server components changed how data fetching and state are arranged, and where a page built entirely from class components and Redux boilerplate reads as stale. Say which rendering model you have worked in — client-side, server-rendered, statically generated or a mix — because teams hire for the one they actually run.

Performance and accessibility are measured, so quote the measurements

Core Web Vitals gave front-end work a shared numeric vocabulary, and hiring managers use it. Largest Contentful Paint, Cumulative Layout Shift and Interaction to Next Paint — which replaced First Input Delay as a Core Web Vital in March 2024 — are the metrics postings quote. A bullet reading “cut LCP from 4.1s to 1.6s across the product listing pages” outranks any amount of “optimized performance”.

Around that sit the techniques that get searched individually: code splitting, lazy loading, tree shaking, bundle analysis, image optimization, caching headers, server-side rendering, static generation, streaming and hydration. Name the ones you have actually applied and attach the number they moved.

Accessibility has stopped being a nice-to-have in this market. WCAG 2.2 AA is the level named in most UK and EU postings, the European Accessibility Act reached its application date in June 2025 for a broad set of consumer services, and UK public sector work has been governed by the 2018 accessibility regulations for years. Write WCAG with the version, plus ARIA, keyboard navigation, screen reader testing with NVDA or VoiceOver, and axe or Lighthouse audits. Very few candidates do, and it is increasingly a stated requirement rather than a bonus.

Front-end terms that decide whether you get read

Rank your skills line by what is actually filtered on, not by what you enjoy most.

Your framework, named exactly

React, Vue, Angular, Svelte. The primary gate. No search expands one into another and none of them matches “JavaScript frameworks”.

TypeScript

Now expected in most professional postings and screened separately from JavaScript. Absent, you look like a hobby-project hire.

The meta-framework

Next.js, Nuxt, Remix, SvelteKit, Astro. Many postings name only this, so “React” alone does not reach them.

Core Web Vitals by metric name

LCP, CLS, INP. The measurable half of front-end work, and the fastest way to prove impact rather than activity.

WCAG 2.2 AA and ARIA

A stated requirement across UK, EU and US public-facing work. Rare on resumes, so it separates you cheaply.

A named test tool

Jest, Vitest, Playwright, Cypress, Testing Library. “Unit testing” matches the concept; postings match the tool.

CSS approach

Tailwind, CSS Modules, Sass, styled-components. Teams have strong preferences and search for the one they use.

Git plus the CI system

GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI. The deployment half of front-end work and a signal you have shipped to production.

ATS keywords for a Front-End Developer Resume

Use these as a checklist — include the ones that genuinely apply to you, matched to the wording of the job you are targeting.

Titles the front-end market advertises under

The same job appears under several titles depending on whether the employer is a product company, an agency or an enterprise.

Front-End Developer / Frontend Developer

The head term in both spellings. Carry both once so either search reaches you.

Front-End Engineer

The usual phrasing in US product companies, and often a more senior band than “developer” in the same market.

UI Engineer / UI Developer

Signals design-system and component work. Common where the front-end sits close to a design team.

React Developer / Angular Developer

Framework-titled postings are common in agency and contract work, so put the framework in your headline as well as your skills.

Full-Stack Developer

Include only if you genuinely ship server code — it widens your matches but invites back-end questions you have to answer.

Web Developer

Broad, still heavily searched by smaller employers and agencies. Worth one appearance; too vague to lead with.

How to get a Front-End Developer Resume past the ATS

• Include both the full framework name and common abbreviations (e.g., 'JavaScript' and 'JS', 'Cascading Style Sheets' and 'CSS') as ATS may search for either variant.
• List framework versions where relevant (React 18, Angular 15, Vue 3) as many ATS filters search for specific version experience.
• Place technical skills in a dedicated 'Technical Skills' or 'Core Competencies' section near the top, as ATS often weight early-page keywords more heavily.
• Use exact phrases from the job advert for methodologies (e.g., 'Agile development', 'Component-based architecture') rather than paraphrasing.
• Avoid graphics, tables, or multi-column layouts for listing skills, as ATS parsers frequently misread these formats and miss keywords.
• Include both 'front-end' and 'frontend' spellings in your CV, as job descriptions vary and ATS may search for either term.

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