Resume Builder

Create professional PDF resumes from structured data with multiple template styles. Supports JSON input, customizable sections, and ATS-friendly formatting.

Quick Start

from scripts.resume_builder import ResumeBuilder

# Build resume programmatically
resume = ResumeBuilder()
resume.set_contact("John Smith", "john@email.com", "555-123-4567", "San Francisco, CA")
resume.set_summary("Experienced software engineer with 5+ years...")
resume.add_experience("Software Engineer", "Tech Corp", "2020-Present", [
    "Led development of microservices architecture",
    "Improved system performance by 40%"
])
resume.add_education("B.S. Computer Science", "State University", "2019")
resume.add_skills(["Python", "JavaScript", "AWS", "Docker"])
resume.generate().save("resume.pdf")

# From JSON
resume = ResumeBuilder.from_json("resume_data.json")
resume.generate().save("resume.pdf")

Features

• Multiple Templates: Modern, classic, minimal, executive styles
• ATS-Friendly: Clean formatting that passes applicant tracking systems
• Customizable Sections: Experience, education, skills, projects, certifications
• Flexible Input: Python API or JSON data
• Professional Output: Clean PDF with proper typography
• Links: Clickable URLs for portfolio, LinkedIn, GitHub

API Reference

Initialization

resume = ResumeBuilder()
resume = ResumeBuilder(template="modern")
resume = ResumeBuilder.from_json("data.json")
resume = ResumeBuilder.from_dict(data)

Contact Information

# Basic contact
resume.set_contact(
    name="John Smith",
    email="john@email.com",
    phone="555-123-4567",
    location="San Francisco, CA"
)

# With links
resume.set_contact(
    name="John Smith",
    email="john@email.com",
    phone="555-123-4567",
    location="San Francisco, CA",
    linkedin="linkedin.com/in/johnsmith",
    github="github.com/johnsmith",
    website="johnsmith.dev"
)

Summary/Objective

# Professional summary
resume.set_summary(
    "Experienced software engineer with 5+ years building scalable "
    "web applications. Passionate about clean code and mentoring."
)

# Or objective statement
resume.set_objective(
    "Seeking a senior engineering role where I can leverage my "
    "expertise in distributed systems and cloud architecture."
)

Work Experience

# Add experience entry
resume.add_experience(
    title="Senior Software Engineer",
    company="Tech Corporation",
    dates="Jan 2020 - Present",
    bullets=[
        "Led team of 5 engineers in developing microservices architecture",
        "Reduced API response time by 60% through optimization",
        "Implemented CI/CD pipeline reducing deployment time by 80%"
    ],
    location="San Francisco, CA"  # Optional
)

# Multiple entries
resume.add_experience("Software Engineer", "Startup Inc", "2018-2020", [
    "Built real-time notification system serving 1M+ users",
    "Developed RESTful APIs using Python and FastAPI"
])

Education

# Add education
resume.add_education(
    degree="Bachelor of Science in Computer Science",
    school="State University",
    year="2018",
    gpa="3.8",  # Optional
    honors="Magna Cum Laude"  # Optional
)

# With coursework
resume.add_education(
    degree="M.S. Data Science",
    school="Tech University",
    year="2020",
    coursework=["Machine Learning", "Statistical Analysis", "Big Data"]
)

Skills

# Simple skills list
resume.add_skills(["Python", "JavaScript", "React", "AWS", "Docker"])

# Categorized skills
resume.add_skills({
    "Languages": ["Python", "JavaScript", "Go", "SQL"],
    "Frameworks": ["React", "Django", "FastAPI"],
    "Tools": ["Docker", "Kubernetes", "AWS", "Git"]
})

Projects

# Add project
resume.add_project(
    name="Open Source Library",
    description="Data validation library with 1000+ GitHub stars",
    technologies=["Python", "PyPI"],
    url="github.com/user/project"  # Optional
)

Certifications

resume.add_certification("AWS Solutions Architect", "Amazon", "2023")
resume.add_certification("Professional Scrum Master", "Scrum.org", "2022")

Additional Sections

# Languages
resume.add_languages(["English (Native)", "Spanish (Fluent)", "French (Basic)"])

# Volunteer experience
resume.add_volunteer(
    role="Tech Mentor",
    organization="Code for Good",
    dates="2021 - Present",
    description="Mentor underrepresented students in programming"
)

# Publications
resume.add_publication(
    title="Scaling Microservices",
    venue="Tech Blog",
    year="2023",
    url="blog.com/article"
)

# Custom section
resume.add_custom_section("Awards", [
    "Employee of the Year 2022",
    "Hackathon Winner - Best Innovation"
])

Templates and Styling

# Set template
resume.set_template("modern")    # Clean, contemporary
resume.set_template("classic")   # Traditional, formal
resu

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