Careers NextStep
A multi-tenant SaaS applicant tracking platform built to connect fresh graduates with employers across the Middle East — conceived, designed, and built end-to-end by UpSpark.
The challenge
- A Regional Gap
Fresh graduates across the Middle East needed a more direct path to employers actively hiring in the region — most existing job boards weren't built around that connection.
- Multiple Stakeholders, One Platform
Candidates, recruiters, companies, and universities all needed their own workspace and permissions, without splitting the product into separate systems.
- Sustainable from Day One
The platform needed a real billing model built in from the start, not bolted on later — subscriptions and one-time plans that could scale with usage.
What we built
- Multi-Tenant Platform
- A Django REST Framework backend with a React + Vite frontend, giving candidates, recruiters, companies, and universities each their own dashboard within one platform.
- A clear candidate journey — register, complete onboarding, choose a membership plan, land in a personalized dashboard.
- Membership & Billing
- A full Stripe billing system supporting both recurring subscriptions and one-time checkout, with webhook-driven membership access.
- Tiered plans built around what candidates actually need at different stages of their job search.
- Ongoing Development
- Careers NextStep isn't a one-off build — it's actively maintained and extended by the same team that built it, the same way we approach client platforms.