Guide 30 / 200 6 swaps Formal register
Professional words for “build”
Six verbs, each with a different build style.
i · When it mattersTwo lines, no filler
"Built" is a CV workhorse, but specialized verbs land harder — engineered, architected, assembled, pioneered.
ii · The swaps6 ways
- 01Construct formal
assemble from parts — literal or figurative
Constructed a data model that survived three rewrites.
- 02Engineer formal
design with rigor
Engineered a failover that cut downtime by 80%.
- 03Architect formal
design high-level structure
Architected the microservice boundary.
- 04Develop formal
build over time
Developed the in-house feature-flag service.
- 05Pioneer formal
first to build in a given space
Pioneered voice-first search at the company.
- 06Establish formal
put in place — programs, systems
Established the incident-review practice.