Tech Resume Keywords & CV Guide

In tech, the job ad's stack is the keyword list. Name the languages, frameworks and platforms you've actually used, exactly as the ad does, and show what you built with them.

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Tech keywords by area

Languages

PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptJavaC#GoSQL

Frameworks and libraries

ReactNext.jsNode.jsDjangoSpring.NETpandas

Cloud and infrastructure

AWSAzureGCPDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CD

Data

Data pipelinesETLdbtSnowflakePower BIMachine learningA/B testing

Practices

REST APIsMicroservicesTestingCode reviewAgileObservabilitySecurity

Make it believable

Say what you built, for whom and at what scale: users, requests, data volume.
Link to proof: GitHub, portfolio, live product, technical writing.
Group skills by type and drop ones you haven't used in years.
Match the ad's naming: PostgreSQL rather than just "databases", if that's what you used.

Same work, clearer signal

Weaker

Worked on the backend

Stronger

Built REST APIs in Node.js and PostgreSQL serving 2M requests a day, with CI/CD on GitHub Actions

Only write the stronger version if it's true for you.

Guides for specific roles

Software engineer keywords Backend developer keywords Frontend developer keywords Data analyst keywords Data scientist keywords Machine learning engineer keywords Technical support specialist keywords UX researcher keywords

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