6 Stronger Synonyms for “Fixed” on a Resume
"Fixed" is informal and undersells the complexity of your work. A more specific verb conveys the diagnostic and engineering skill involved in resolving issues.
Synonyms with Resume Examples
Each alternative below includes a real resume bullet point so you can see it in context.
1. Resolved
“Resolved a critical payment processing bug that was affecting 5% of transactions within 4 hours of detection”
2. Debugged
“Debugged a race condition in the notification service that had caused intermittent failures for 2 months”
3. Remediated
“Remediated 15 security vulnerabilities identified in a third-party penetration test within the 30-day SLA”
4. Patched
“Patched a zero-day vulnerability within 6 hours of disclosure, protecting 200K user accounts”
5. Corrected
“Corrected a data migration error that had mismatched 500 customer records, restoring account accuracy”
6. Repaired
“Repaired broken CI/CD pipelines for 3 services, restoring the team's ability to deploy multiple times per day”
Describe the process: "Resolved" for general fixes, "Debugged" for code issues, "Remediated" for security or compliance, "Patched" for urgent hot-fixes.