React Developer Resume
A React resume is judged on what you built with React, not on how many libraries you list. Here is what to include and how to write it at each stage.
Check my resume freeSkills to list on a react developer resume
Group them the way postings do, and list only what you have used in a job or project.
React
React 18/19, hooks, context, React Router, forms, performance (memo, code splitting)
Language
TypeScript, JavaScript (ES2015+), HTML, CSS
State and data
Redux Toolkit or Zustand, TanStack Query (React Query), REST/GraphQL APIs
Frameworks and styling
Next.js, Tailwind CSS or MUI, CSS Modules
Testing and tools
Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright or Cypress, Git, Vite or Webpack
React Developer resume examples by experience
A summary line and three bullets for each stage. The people and companies are fictional; the shape is what to copy: what you built, with which stack, and what changed.
React Developer resume: fresher
SUMMARY
Graduate React developer who built and deployed two TypeScript React apps with routing, API integration and tests.
BULLETS
- Built a movie discovery app in React and TypeScript with search, infinite scroll and React Query caching; deployed on Vercel.
- Wrote React Testing Library tests for the search and watchlist flows.
- Reached a Lighthouse performance score above 90 on mobile by lazy-loading routes and images.
React Developer resume: 3 years of experience
SUMMARY
React developer with 3 years building a B2B dashboard in React, TypeScript and Next.js, from component library to data views.
BULLETS
- Built the shared component library (30+ components, Storybook) used by three product teams.
- Cut the dashboard’s initial JavaScript by 45% with route-level code splitting and removing unused dependencies.
- Replaced hand-rolled data fetching with TanStack Query, removing duplicate requests and stale-data bugs.
React Developer resume: 5 years of experience
SUMMARY
Senior React engineer with 5 years leading frontend architecture for a high-traffic consumer product.
BULLETS
- Led the migration from a client-rendered React app to Next.js App Router, improving LCP on product pages.
- Defined state management and data-fetching conventions for the frontend team and enforced them in code review.
- Built the accessibility test suite into CI, so WCAG regressions are caught before release.
Common mistakes on react developer resumes
- A skills list of every React library you have heard of. Interviewers will ask about each one.
- Projects that are tutorial clones with nothing added. Say what you built beyond the tutorial.
- No TypeScript on the resume when you use it. Many React postings filter on it.
- Describing tasks ("worked on UI") instead of results (load time, bugs removed, features shipped).
Lay it out in an ATS-friendly resume format. If you are applying for your first job, the resume guide for freshers covers section order and projects.
Questions
- What skills should a React developer put on a resume?
- React with hooks, TypeScript and JavaScript, HTML and CSS, a state or data library you have used (Redux Toolkit, Zustand, TanStack Query), Next.js if you have used it, testing with React Testing Library, and Git. List the version and the ones the job posting names first.
- How does a fresher write a React developer resume?
- Lead with two deployed React projects: what each does, the stack, and what you built. Link the live app and the code. Tests and a good Lighthouse score make a project stand out.
- Should I write "React" or "React.js" on my resume?
- Use the posting’s spelling and add the other once, for example "React (React.js)", so a keyword search for either finds you.
- How do I prepare for React interviews after applying?
- Practise the questions React interviews actually ask: hooks, rendering and reconciliation, state, performance and machine coding. FaangPrep has free React interview questions with step-by-step traces.
- How do I check my React resume against a job description?
- Paste your resume and the job description into the free ATS resume checker to see which keywords are missing. No login needed.
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