How To Write Kickass Developer Resume Summary and Get Hired?

When describing a summary of your web developer career in your resume or CV (you know the difference, do you?) remember about KISS principle and use that simple yet powerful template:

[Your professional identity] with [how many years in profession] of [broad experience] in [Areas of expertise] with willingness/eagerness to learn/master/practice [Areas of interests]. [Strongest area of expertise] specialist/practitioner/expert/adept.

Don't panic if it doesn't make any sense and look at these examples:

• Skilled Sr. Android Developer with 7+ years of broad experience in Mobile Development, Core Java & Kotlin areas with willingness to learn and master Front-end Development and DevOps. App Store SEO specialist.

• Inventive Front End Developer with 3+ years of comprehensive expertise in UI/UX & Design, JavaScript/ES6/ES2017 areas with willingness to learn and master Back-end Development and Web Servers Administration. Testing, DDD/TDD expert.

• Creative Node.js Developer with 12+ years of wide knowledge of Operating Systems & Terminal, Machine Learning areas with willingness to learn and master Scrum & Agile and RDBMS & SQL. Blockchain practitioner.

• Inspired .NET Full Stack Developer with 13+ years of extensive knowledge in Back-end Development, DevOps & CI/CD areas with willingness to learn and master NoSQL and Testing, DDD/TDD. DevOps & CI/CD adept.

• Results-driven Azure Developer with 12+ years of wide knowledge in Operating Systems & Terminal, Progressive Web Apps areas with willingness to learn and master NoSQL and JavaScript/ES6/ES2017. GOF Design Patterns & OOP proffesional.

Wonder why to use this resume summary? In short, that summary will answer 80% of questions about you as a potential employee in first 3 seconds and attract immediate reader's attention by staying succinct and respectful to others people time right from the start of your professional relationships.

Read the full article why this is important on my blog www.fullstackresume.com.

To make it easier for you to compile your own web developer resume summary I did collect the following lists of useful placeholders.

Professional Qualities

Use that professional qualities for your developer identity:

• innovative
• creative
• inventive
• inspired
• skilled
• proficient
• skilful
• adaptable
• ambitious
• candid
• confident
• cooperative
• devoted
• enthusiastic
• flexible
• focused
• goal oriented
• imaginative
• independent
• insightful
• knowledgeable
• open Minded
• proactive
• responsible
• results-driven
• results-oriented
• self-reliant
• versatile

Areas of Expertise in IT

Use that list of areas of expertise, check what areas are important for recruiters from job description:

• Front-end Development
• Back-end Development
• UI/UX & Design
• JavaScript/ES6/ES2017
• Progressive Web Apps
• Single Page Apps
• SEO
• Web Components
• Infrastructure as a Service
• DevOps & CI/CD
• Multithreading Development
• Microservices & Containerisation
• Blockchain
• Testing, DDD/TDD
• Software Architecture
• RESTful & APIs
• GOF Design Patterns & OOP
• GraphQL
• Machine Learning
• Scrum & Agile
• Web Servers Administration
• Operating Systems & Terminal
• NoSQL
• RDBMS & SQL
• Graph Databases
• Knowledge Management

Experience Synonyms

Use that handy synonyms for broad experience term as well:

• strong experience
• extensive knowledge
• wide knowledge
• broad expertise
• extensive expertise
• hands-on experience
• first-hand expertise
• comprehensive experience
• professional experience'
• practical experience

Don't forget if you want to improve your developer resume/cv and get hired 2x faster check the full article on my blog www.fullstackresume.com.

Good luck!