[2 YoE] What do software engineers actually want in a resume editor software? (no promotion)

Question

In the past 6 months, after I failed a system design interview for a senior document-editor role at Google, I decided to build a prototype to level up, inspired by PandaDoc-style editor and built it by reverse-engineering the behavior from what I could observe in the HTML.

While building it, I realized the same editor could solve a real problem job seekers face every day (including me): most resume builders lock you into templates and make tailoring painfully slow.

What I’m building (MVP):

  • Live editor with drag & drop sections (reorder instantly)
  • Mix & match section templates (Education, Experience, Skills, Projects,...)
  • Real styling controls: spacing, padding/margins, borders, colors
  • Custom templates with full layout control
  • Clean PDF export with ATS-friendly structure
  • Chrome extension (Select your resume to help you apply faster)

Planned next (roadmap):

  • ATS best-practice checks per section (clarity/keyword guidance)
  • Job variants/branches (Like git) (multiple versions for different roles without duplicating all in the same resume editor)
  • Sharing + comments (private/public link for review)
  • AI assistance (suggestions + resume/cover-letter/resignation letter generation)
  • Job Tracker

I’m building this primarily for software engineers and I’d love your opinion: what should I add next, what do you think of the ideas so far, and what would you personally want to see in a resume editor SaaS?

Posted Feb 26, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC

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