Career Tracker

A full-stack job search management application built with Java 25 and Spring Boot 4.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Java 25, Spring Boot 4.0.6, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security
• Database: H2 (file-based, local persistence)
• Build: Maven 3.9
• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (served via Spring Boot)

Features

• Track job applications with full detail per role
• Application status pipeline (Applied → Screening → Interview → Offer)
• AI-powered resume tailoring per job description
• AI-powered interview prep with feedback
• Closed/denied application tracking with feedback capture

Architecture

Standard Spring Boot layered architecture: controller/ — REST endpoints, HTTP in/out only service/ — business logic repository/ — Spring Data JPA interfaces model/ — JPA entities dto/ — API request and response objects config/ — WebClient, Security configuration

Running Locally

Prerequisites:

• Java 25
• Maven 3.9+

Start the application:

mvn spring-boot:run

Application runs at http://localhost:8080

H2 Console: http://localhost:8080/h2-console

• JDBC URL: jdbc:h2:file:./data/careertracker
• Username: sa
• Password: (leave empty)

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/api/applications	Create new application
GET	/api/applications	Get all applications
GET	/api/applications/active	Get active applications
GET	/api/applications/closed	Get closed applications
GET	/api/applications/{id}	Get single application
PUT	/api/applications/{id}	Update application
DELETE	/api/applications/{id}	Delete application