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Full-stack developer CV: example and template

This example is for full-stack developers who build applications from the database to the interface, for example in Node.js, React and PostgreSQL, at start-ups, product companies and software houses.

The employer is looking for someone who can deliver a feature from start to finish on their own. On your CV, show both sides of the stack and what works in the product thanks to you.

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Example CV: full-stack developer

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Jakub Zawadzki

Full-stack developer

Krakow, remote work +48 123 456 789 jakub.zawadzki@example.com github.com/jzawadzki

Professional profile

Full-stack developer with 5 years of experience in TypeScript, Node.js and React. At an education start-up I own new features from database design to the interface and deployment on AWS. I built the payments module used by 40,000 users.

Work experience

Full-stack developer

02.2022 - present

Online education start-up, Krakow

  • Designing and building features from the database to the interface for a platform with 40,000 users.
  • Payments and subscriptions module integrated with a payment provider.
  • API in Node.js and NestJS, frontend in React and Next.js.
  • Deployments on AWS, CI/CD and error monitoring.
  • Cutting the release time for a new version from a week to one day.

JavaScript developer

06.2020 - 01.2022

Software house, Krakow

  • Web applications for retail and service clients.
  • Admin panels in React and APIs in Express.
  • Working with PostgreSQL and MongoDB.

Education

Computer science, engineering degree

2016 - 2020

AGH University of Krakow

Skills

  • TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS
  • React, Next.js
  • PostgreSQL, Prisma
  • AWS, Docker
  • Payment integrations
  • Testing, CI/CD

Certificates

  • AWS Certified Developer Associate, 2023

Languages

  • English: C1

Additional information

  • Own project: a vocabulary learning app, 5,000 downloads

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a full-stack developer CV

Professional summary

Give your tech stack, years of experience and the type of products. Add one feature or project you built from start to finish, because it shows the full-stack role best.

Full-stack developer with 2 years of experience at a software house. I build APIs in Node.js and interfaces in React and work with PostgreSQL and Docker. I want to grow at a product company.

Experience: duties and achievements

Show the features you delivered and their effect on users or the company. Mention both layers, but do not repeat technologies in every bullet.

Weaker: Frontend and backend programming.

Better: Building features from the database to the interface for a platform with 40,000 users.

Weaker: Payments.

Better: Payments and subscriptions module integrated with a payment provider.

Weaker: Deployments.

Better: CI/CD on AWS, cutting the release time from a week to one day.

Skills worth listing

Split your technologies into backend, frontend, databases and infrastructure. The recruiter will see at once whether your stack fits the team.

Professional skills

  • Backend: Node.js or another
  • Frontend: React or another
  • SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Cloud and containers
  • Third-party integrations
  • Testing and CI/CD

Personal skills

  • Independence
  • Product thinking
  • Communication with the business
  • Learning quickly
  • Ownership of the whole feature

Certificates and projects

Cloud certificates are a plus, but in a full-stack role projects matter most. Your own application with users or downloads is a strong argument.

Junior full-stack developer CV

Build and describe one complete application: login, database, API, interface, deployment. Add links to the live version and the code.

Say which layer is your strength. A junior is rarely equally good at both, and honesty builds trust.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A start-up looks for independence and quickly delivering features, a software house for flexibility with technologies, and a product company for thinking about the user. Order your technologies as in the job ad.

The most common mistakes on a full-stack developer CV

Questions and answers

What should a full-stack developer put on a CV?

Your tech stack split into layers, products and features you delivered, their results, the cloud, testing, a link to your code and English.

How do I show that I am full-stack?

Describe a feature you built from the database to the interface and deployment, with its effect on users.

Can a junior apply for full-stack roles?

Yes, with a complete project. On your CV, say which layer is your stronger side.

Is a personal project worth putting on a CV?

Yes, especially if it has users. It shows independence and product thinking.

Create a full-stack developer CV in the builder

In the CV Majster builder you enter your details step by step and see right away what the document looks like. You can copy the wording from this page and adapt it to yourself. The finished CV as a PDF costs a one-off PLN 5, with no subscription, and you see the preview before you pay.

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