'Google Me': Transforming my Career into a Google Search Experience

Source: Dev.to

New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge Submission

This is a submission for the New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge Presented by Google AI.

About Me

I am Diego Martinez, a Systems Engineer and Google Product Expert with a passion for blending high‑level engineering with intuitive user experiences. This portfolio is more than just a CV; it showcases my identity as a “Google‑native” professional and my long‑term dream of joining Google as a Googler. My goal was to transform the minimalist interface of Google Search into a narrative tool that guides recruiters through my education, experience, and technical skills in a nostalgic yet creative way.

Portfolio

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How I Built It

Tech stack – chosen to mirror the speed and reliability of Google’s own tools:

• AI Development with Google AI Studio – prototyped, prompt‑engineered, and refined the core intelligence of the portfolio, fine‑tuning the model’s behavior before integration.
• AI Integration – integrated Gemini 3 Flash Preview to power the “AI Mode” button, which acts as a virtual career assistant answering specific questions about my background using Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) over my professional data.
• Deployment – hosted on Google Cloud Run for global scalability and performance.

Design decisions

1. Constrained Search UX – the search box is limited to my professional data, directing users to my career path and avoiding distractions from general web searches.
2. Multilingual support – available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

What I’m Most Proud Of

I’m especially proud of the “AI Mode” button. It transforms the static portfolio into an interactive experience, turning the interface from a classic search results page into a space for spoken or written interaction with generative AI.

The “I’ll contact you” button, a playful nod to Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky,” adds personality and aims to spark positive conversations with hiring managers.

I enjoyed creating this portfolio and plan to add easter eggs (e.g., askew, gravity, “do a barrel roll”) for fun in the future.