Full Stack Developer Resume Example

Also called Full Stack Engineer, Web Developer.

Full stack can mean anything, so say what it means for you. Hiring managers want to see features you carried from the database to the browser, and which end you are stronger at.

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What this example does well

  • The first bullet names every layer he touched, which defines "full stack" for this reader.
  • The summary says which end he is stronger at, so nobody has to guess.
  • Features are tied to business results such as studios, payments and filled spots.

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Ethan Brooks

Full Stack Developer

Summary

Full stack developer with six years of experience in TypeScript, Node.js and React. Built the booking product of a fitness software company from the first commit to 1,900 paying studios. Strongest on the backend, comfortable owning a feature end to end.

Experience

Full Stack DeveloperStudioflowDenver, Colorado

Sep 2021 – Present

  • Built the class booking product end to end: PostgreSQL schema, Node.js API and React front end, now used by 1,900 studios.
  • Integrated Stripe subscriptions and invoicing, handling $2.4 million in monthly payments.
  • Added a waitlist feature in three weeks that filled 23% of canceled spots automatically.
  • Set up error tracking, logging and alerts, bringing the average time to fix a production issue from a day to under two hours.

Web DeveloperFront Range MediaBoulder, Colorado

May 2019 – Aug 2021

  • Developed and maintained eight client web applications with Ruby on Rails and React.
  • Moved hosting from a single server to containers on AWS, ending the monthly outages clients had been seeing.
  • Wrote the agency's first automated test suite and made it part of every deployment.

Education

BS Information SystemsUniversity of Colorado DenverDenver, Colorado

2015 – 2019

Skills

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • React
  • PostgreSQL
  • REST and GraphQL
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Stripe API
  • Automated testing
An example: Ethan Brooks is not a real person, and the details show the kind of thing to write rather than a real career. Shown in the Vector template. Words that postings for this job often use are marked in yellow.

How do you write a summary for a full stack developer resume?

Two to four lines at the top that say what you do, for how long, and what you are best at. Here is one for each stage of a career.

  • Entry level

    Full stack developer and bootcamp graduate with three deployed projects, including a marketplace built with React, Node.js and PostgreSQL that has 250 registered users. Writes tests, reads documentation before asking and enjoys working across the whole feature.

  • Experienced

    Full stack developer with four years of experience in TypeScript, React and Node.js. Ships features from database to interface, integrates third-party APIs and keeps production healthy with tests and monitoring.

  • Senior

    Senior full stack engineer with ten years of experience and a history of first-engineer roles. Built two products from nothing to profitable, hired and led teams of up to six, and makes pragmatic architecture choices that small teams can maintain.

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What are good bullet points for a full stack developer resume?

Each starts with a verb and says what was done. Change the details and numbers to your own; a number you cannot explain in an interview is worse than none.

  1. Built features end to end with React, Node.js and PostgreSQL for a product with 20,000 monthly users.

  2. Designed database schemas and migrations for a multi-tenant application.

  3. Integrated payment, email and mapping APIs and handled their failure cases.

  4. Wrote REST and GraphQL endpoints with validation, authentication and rate limiting.

  5. Improved page load time by 45% through server-side rendering and query tuning.

  6. Set up CI/CD with automated tests, so every merged change is deployed within minutes.

  7. Containerized the application with Docker and deployed it to AWS.

  8. Added role-based access control covering five user types.

  9. Fixed production issues using logs, traces and error tracking, usually within hours.

  10. Worked directly with customers and support to decide what to build next.

Which skills should a full stack developer put on a resume?

Pick the ones the job posting asks for and that you can back up with an example from your work.

Hard skills

  • JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Front end frameworks (React, Vue)
  • Backend frameworks (Node.js, Django, Rails)
  • SQL databases and schema design
  • API design and integration
  • Authentication and authorization
  • Cloud hosting and containers
  • Automated testing
  • CI/CD

Soft skills

  • Ownership
  • Pragmatism
  • Talking to users
  • Estimating honestly
  • Learning fast

Licenses and certifications

  • AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Which keywords belong on a full stack developer resume?

The words recruiters and applicant tracking systems search for.

  • end to end
  • React
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • TypeScript
  • API
  • AWS
  • Stripe
  • automated test
  • containers

Use the ones that are true for you, written the way the posting writes them, and put each where it shows something you did. A list of keywords with nothing behind it helps nobody. To keep them readable by software, choose an ATS-friendly template, and read how applicant tracking systems read a resume.

How do you avoid looking like a jack of all trades?

Pick a center of gravity and say it. "Strongest on the backend" or "front end leaning" tells a team where you will add the most, and it is more believable than equal mastery of everything.

Then prove breadth with one or two features you delivered through every layer. A single bullet that names the schema, the API and the interface does the job.

Which projects should a full stack developer list?

Ones that are live and that someone uses. Give the address, the stack and a number: users, requests, customers, revenue.

If most of your work is private, describe the product and your part in it without the confidential details. "Built the billing module for a subscription product with 1,900 customers" gives away nothing sensitive.

What do technology employers look for in a resume?

  • Tie each tool to something you did with it. A skills list of twenty languages says little; a bullet that names the service you built in one of them says a lot.
  • Say what changed because of your work: a faster page, fewer incidents, a report that people now use every week.
  • Match the words in the job posting. If it says Kubernetes, write Kubernetes and not only "container orchestration", because screening software and tired recruiters both search for the exact word.

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Questions about a full stack developer resume

Should I split skills into front end and back end?

Yes, if the list is longer than eight or so items. Two short groups are easier to scan than one long line.

Is a bootcamp worth listing?

Yes, under education, with the dates. Follow it with projects, because those are what a hiring manager will actually look at.

Do freelance projects count as experience?

They do. List them under one "Freelance developer" entry with the clients' industries and what you delivered for each.

How long should a full stack developer resume be?

One page for most people; two if you have ten or more years of relevant work.

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