Software Developer Resume Keywords
Developer resumes are easier to find when the named stack is explicit. If the role asks for TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, or AWS, those relevant terms should be clear in your skills and bullets.
Sample JD signals
Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript
Experience with React
Experience with Node.js
Experience with REST APIs
Experience with SQL
Experience with Git
Original weak bullet
Worked on software developer tasks and helped the team with projects.
Signal rewrite direction
Rebuild the bullet around JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, then add only tools, scope, and outcomes supported by the original resume.
Missing keyword examples
Terms a Software Developer resume may need to surface
Signal checks the actual job description, so the final gap report is specific to one application.
Mirror the exact stack named in the JD — "TypeScript", "React", "PostgreSQL".
Quantify impact: load time, defects reduced, features shipped, users served.
Lead each bullet with the language or framework, not the verb.