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Rajan Thakkar
Rajan Thakkar

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πŸš€ Building an AI-Powered Resume Tailoring Platform with Next.js, FastAPI, and OpenAI

Are you tired of tweaking your resume for every single job application?
Imagine uploading your resume once β€” and instantly getting a tailored version optimized for the job you're applying for. πŸ“„βœ¨

That's exactly the challenge I set out to solve.
Let me show you what I built πŸ‘‡

🧠 The Idea
Job seekers spend hours rewriting resumes to match each job description.
What if AI could take care of that?

Introducing AI Resume Pro β€” an AI-powered platform that extracts your resume, understands the job description, and automatically re-tailors your resume with personalized summaries, skills, projects, and experience points.

βœ… Upload your resume (PDF)
βœ… Paste your job description
βœ… Edit the tailored version if you want
βœ… Download it as a clean, ready-to-use Word or PDF file

Built with:

Frontend: Next.js + Tailwind CSS

Backend: FastAPI + OpenAI API

Storage/Authentication: Firebase

Deployment: Vercel + Railway

βš™οΈ How It Works (Under the Hood)
🧩 Text Extraction: Parses resume text from PDFs.
🧠 AI Tailoring: Uses custom OpenAI prompts to restructure and enhance resumes based on job descriptions (including creating missing projects/experiences if needed!).
🎨 Editable UI: Fully editable fields before finalizing.
πŸ’Ύ Save & Download: Download a professionally formatted Word or PDF version.
πŸ“š Firestore Storage: Saves job descriptions + structured resumes for future editing.

Bonus features:

Google sign-in with NextAuth.js

Accessibility optimizations (WCAG 2.1)

Elegant snackbars and UI feedback

3MB file size limit with instant validation

🎯 Why I Built This
I’ve seen too many talented people miss out on opportunities because they didn’t have the perfect resume for a specific role.
I wanted to make sure great skills don’t get lost because of bad resume tailoring.

AI should make job hunting faster, smarter, and less stressful β€” not more work.
That's the mission behind this project. πŸ’₯

πŸš€ Live Project
πŸ”— Check it out: https://airesumepro.vercel.app/

Would love feedback, collaboration ideas, or just hear if this helped you! πŸŽ‰

πŸ”₯ What’s Next?
Add AI-generated suggestions for missing sections

Improve ATS optimization (Applicant Tracking System keywords)

Add more downloadable templates

Launch a freemium model!

πŸ“£ Let's Connect!
I’m passionate about building AI-powered tools that solve real-world problems.
If you're working on anything related to AI, frontend, career tech, or open-source, let's chat! πŸš€

πŸ“š Tech Tags

webdev #programming #javascript #beginners #ai #productivity #tutorial #devops

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