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Frontend Engineer CV Guide + Tailored Template (2026)

Frontend CVs win on shipped UI, performance, and accessibility, not a framework laundry list. Recruiters look for the user-facing metric you moved: conversion, Core Web Vitals, bundle size, or a11y compliance. Link a live URL.

Keywords to include (if honest)

  • Languages: TypeScript (default in 2026), modern JavaScript

  • Frameworks: React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, match the JD

  • State + data: React Query / TanStack, Redux, Zustand, GraphQL

  • Styling + systems: Tailwind, CSS-in-JS, design systems, Storybook

  • Performance: Core Web Vitals (LCP/INP/CLS), code-splitting, SSR/SSG

  • Accessibility: WCAG, ARIA, keyboard nav, screen-reader testing

  • Testing: Vitest/Jest, Playwright, Cypress, Testing Library

Only include skills you can defend in an interview. Inflated skill lists fail the first phone screen.

What this CV needs to have

  • A live portfolio or product URL in the header

  • A performance or conversion number (Core Web Vitals, load time, CVR)

  • An accessibility signal (WCAG AA, a11y audit, keyboard support)

  • Scale context: users, page views, or components in a design system

Bullets: before and after

Weak

Built responsive web pages using React and TypeScript.

Strong

Rebuilt the checkout in Next.js + TypeScript for 1.2M monthly visitors; cut LCP from 4.1s to 1.6s and lifted mobile conversion 9%.

Weak

Worked on the company design system.

Strong

Owned a 90-component design system (React + Storybook + tokens) used by 5 squads; cut new-screen build time ~40% and standardised a11y.

Weak

Made the site accessible.

Strong

Took the marketing site from 71 to 100 Lighthouse a11y and to WCAG 2.1 AA; fixed keyboard traps and contrast across 60+ pages, clearing a legal audit.

Project ideas (if yours is thin)

  • A live app with real users and a public Lighthouse score

  • An open-source UI component or library with npm downloads

  • A CSS/animation demo collection (CodePen, a personal site)

  • A detailed case study of a UI you rebuilt, with before/after metrics

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