Dashboard
Job Listing Dashboard
Job Application Status Page / Automation site

Technology Stack

Frontend

React
Next.js

Backend & Automation

Selenium
Puppeteer
Web-scraping pipelines

Database & Auth

Auth0 for secure sign-on
Postgres/NoSQL for profile and application storage

Matching & Intelligence

Custom job-matching algorithm with semantic skill parsing

Deployment

Vercel for frontend
Containerized backend services

Impact & Importance

Job hunting today can feel like running a never-ending obstacle course: you juggle half a dozen resumes, fight clunky web forms that refuse to cooperate, and scramble to tailor each application just enough to stand out—only to discover you've missed a crucial field or typo you'll never catch. It's exhausting.

Algora transforms this grind into a delightfully simple, almost magical experience. Imagine waking up, grabbing your coffee, and—before your first sip—is reviewing a dashboard of perfectly matched roles, each one handpicked by our skill-matching algorithm from thousands of listings. No more tedious copy-paste marathons, no more anxiety over formatting or overlooked questions. Instead, you breeze through applications in bulk, confident that every field is spot on and every resume truly reflects your best work.

But Algora goes beyond mere automation. By scraping your GitHub READMEs, Devpost project write-ups, LinkedIn descriptions, and even local code directories, we craft a dynamic portfolio that breathes life into your achievements. Your strongest projects rise to the top, and Algora weaves those highlights into a personalized cover letter tailored to each role—so you never submit a generic "To Whom It May Concern" again.

This isn't just time-saving; it's empowerment. Students juggling classes, bootcamp grads racing deadlines, and self-taught developers with brilliant portfolios all finally have a tool that levels the playing field. Suddenly, applying to 30 jobs feels as effortless as sending a text message, and you can focus on what really matters: preparing for interviews, networking confidently, and ultimately landing that dream position.

With Algora, you're not just applying—you're presenting a polished, compelling narrative of your career, backed by data and delivered at scale. It's a game-changer that makes job seeking accessible, accurate, and—dare we say—enjoyable.

Development Challenges Faced

Building Algora's resilient automation platform meant tackling a host of thorny engineering problems head-on.

Scraping Challenges:

Rich content from GitHub and Devpost wasn't as simple as pointing Selenium at a URL
Each site's DOM was in constant flux
Infinite-scroll lists needed careful triggers
Rate-limits or bot-detection pop-ups threatened to derail our pipelines

Solutions:

Developed dynamic wait conditions and fallback selectors
Built adaptive scrapers that recover gracefully when elements fail to load or shift position

Security Challenges:

Accessing private GitHub repositories and draft Devpost projects securely
Preventing token exposure

Solutions:

Built an OAuth-based authentication flow that keeps credentials encrypted on the user's device
Crafted headless login routines with minimal re-authorization prompts
Implemented isolated browser profiles to prevent token leakage

Local Parsing Challenges:

Non-standardized open-source codebases
Varied project structures (monorepos, missing metadata, etc.)

Solutions:

Developed a robust file crawler in Node.js
Implemented language ecosystem detection via package.json, requirements.txt, and file-type heuristics
Created normalization system for messy data

Autofill & Scaling Challenges: