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🔍 JobLens

This platform helps people find jobs and makes it easier to choose which skills they should learn by creating charts and allowing users to filter job offers.

To build it, I had to do a deep dive into how Glassdoor works. I analyzed the page’s fetch requests and figured out what each URL parameter meant. With that, I managed to get the data I needed. After that, I used web scraping to collect all the information and integrate it into my website.

Keep in mind that the search process can take around 20 seconds. This is because the platform uses multiple APIs behind the scenes, including one that bypasses site security mechanisms and another that hides the frontend request to protect sensitive data. These extra layers add some delay but are essential to ensure both access and security.

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Folder structure

This project follows the Screaming Architecture pattern

app/
├── global-shared-joblens/   # NPM package to share code between frontend and backend
├── jobs/                    # Backend folder
└── search/                  # Frontend folder

Tech Stack

  • Vite – Fast build tool
  • TypeScript – Static typing
  • Jest & Testing Library – Unit and integration testing
  • Chart.js – Data visualization
  • Express – Node.js backend
  • Redux – State management
  • Tailwind – Utility-first CSS

Features

✔️ Multi-language support – English and Spanish interface
✔️ Accessible design – Follows accessibility best practices (a11y)
✔️ RESTful API – Clean and well-structured backend API
✔️ Well-documented code – In-depth comments explaining key decisions and logic

Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/DDev-max/JobLens.git

2️⃣ Set up the Frontend

cd JobLens/app/search

Create a .env file at the root of the search folder with the following content (Replace XXXX with the actual port your backend will run on):

VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:XXXX

Install frontend dependencies:

npm install

Run the project locally:

npm run dev

2️⃣ Set up the Backend

cd ..
cd jobs

Build the backend code:

npm run build

Start the backend server with your API key (replace XXXX with your actual API key):

API_KEY=XXXX npm run start