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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.
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.
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
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.
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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