JSON Resume with Social Profiles

Adding Social Profiles to Your JSON Resume

The basics.profiles array lets you link your professional online presence. This is especially important for developers, where GitHub activity and technical blog posts serve as proof of expertise.

Profiles Structure

"basics": {
  "name": "Jordan Lee",
  "profiles": [
    {
      "network": "GitHub",
      "username": "jordanlee",
      "url": "https://github.com/jordanlee"
    },
    {
      "network": "LinkedIn",
      "username": "jordanlee",
      "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/jordanlee"
    },
    {
      "network": "Twitter",
      "username": "jordanlee_dev",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/jordanlee_dev"
    },
    {
      "network": "Stack Overflow",
      "username": "jordanlee",
      "url": "https://stackoverflow.com/users/123456/jordanlee"
    },
    {
      "network": "Personal Blog",
      "url": "https://jordanlee.dev/blog"
    }
  ]
}

Common Networks

Network	When to include
GitHub	Almost always — shows your code and contributions
LinkedIn	Standard for professional networking
Twitter/X	If you share technical content
Stack Overflow	If you have a high reputation
Dev.to / Hashnode	If you write technical articles
Dribbble / Behance	For frontend/design roles
Personal Blog	If you maintain a technical blog

Tips

• Only include profiles that are active and professional. An empty GitHub profile is worse than no link.
• The username field is optional but helpful for renderers that display it alongside the icon.
• Keep the url field as the canonical profile URL — most renderers use this for the link.
• Order profiles by relevance to the role you're applying for (GitHub first for engineering roles, LinkedIn first for management roles).