Technology Resume Keywords & ATS Expectations
This isn't an article — it's the live data our resume scanner uses to analyze technology resumes. When the engine improves, this page updates with it.
Core skills per the U.S. Department of Labor
Source: O*NET 15-1252.00 — Software Developers (onetonline.org, public domain)
Keywords ATS systems expect on technology resumes
Job titles recruiters recognize in this field
Certifications that anchor a technology resume
Specializations our scanner distinguishes within technology
Frontend Engineering
Signals: react, vue, angular, css, typescript, ui components
Backend Engineering
Signals: api design, microservices, database, postgresql, redis, kafka
DevOps / Platform
Signals: kubernetes, terraform, ci/cd, docker, infrastructure as code, observability
Mobile Engineering
Signals: ios, android, swift, kotlin, react native, flutter
What screeners check first in technology
A GitHub (or similar) link is expected — even a few solid repos beats none.
Common questions
What keywords do ATS systems look for on technology resumes?
The highest-weight terms in our technology detection engine include code, coding, programming, develop, development, software, application, system. These come from the live tables our scanner runs on every technology resume — use the exact recognized form of each term you can honestly claim, once, attached to real experience.
Which certifications matter most on a technology resume?
Our scanner anchors technology resumes on certifications like AWS CERTIFIED, AZURE CERTIFIED, GCP CERTIFIED, CKAD, CKA, CISSP. List the ones you hold with their exact recognized abbreviation — recruiters and ATS searches both match on the standard form.
What do screeners check first on technology resumes?
A GitHub (or similar) link is expected — even a few solid repos beats none.
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Methodology: keyword and title lists come directly from the detection tables our scanner runs on every technology resume, validated by a pinned regression suite. O*NET data is public domain from the U.S. Department of Labor. See our methodology.