CareerDNA AI

Inspiration

Most AI career tools forget users after every conversation. We wanted to build an AI Career Agent that remembers a user's journey, learns from every milestone, and provides increasingly personalized career guidance over time.

What it does

CareerDNA AI creates a persistent career profile using resumes, projects, certifications, interview experiences, and learning history. It continuously updates recommendations, identifies skill gaps, tracks progress, and helps users make smarter career decisions.

How we built it

• Amazon Bedrock for AI-powered reasoning and recommendations
• AWS Lambda for serverless processing
• Amazon S3 for document storage
• CockroachDB as the persistent memory layer
• CloudWatch, IAM, and Secrets Manager for monitoring and security
• React + Next.js for the frontend experience

Challenges We Ran Into

• Designing a memory-driven system instead of another chatbot
• Structuring long-term career data effectively
• Making recommendations explainable and personalized
• Delivering a large vision within hackathon time constraints

Accomplishments That We're Proud Of

• Built a persistent AI Career Agent
• Created an evolving CareerDNA model
• Integrated CockroachDB as a true memory system
• Developed explainable recommendations backed by user history
• Combined AWS AI services with scalable cloud infrastructure

What We Learned

• Long-term memory is more valuable than one-time conversations
• AI recommendations improve significantly with context
• Explainability increases user trust
• Event-driven architectures work well for AI-powered products

What's Next for CareerDNA AI

• GitHub and LinkedIn integrations
• Multi-agent career coaching
• Advanced career forecasting
• Recruiter and university dashboards
• Automated CareerDNA updates

CareerDNA AI transforms career growth from isolated interactions into a continuously evolving journey powered by memory and intelligence.

Built With

• ai
• ai/ml
• architecture
• authentication
• bedrock
• cloud
• cloudwatch
• cockroachdb
• computing
• css
• database
• generative
• iam
• manager
• node.js
• product
• react
• rest
• s3
• secrets
• technology
• typescript
• ux
• web