Key Takeaways

  • 75% of U.S. employers use automated applicant tracking systems to screen resumes before a human reviews them (Harvard Business School & Accenture, 2021)
  • The most common ATS failures are missing keywords, incompatible formatting, and incorrect file types
  • ResumeGeni scores your resume across 8 parsing layers — modeled on the same steps enterprise ATS platforms like Workday, Greenhouse, and Taleo use to evaluate candidates

How ATS Resume Scoring Works

Applicant tracking systems parse your resume into structured data — extracting your name, contact info, work history, skills, and education — then score how well that data matches the job requirements. Many ATS rejections happen because the parser couldn't extract critical fields, not because the candidate wasn't qualified.

LayerWhat It ChecksWhy It Matters
Document extractionFile format, encoding, readabilityCorrupted or image-only PDFs fail immediately
Layout analysisTables, columns, headers, footersMulti-column layouts break field extraction
Section detectionExperience, education, skills headingsNon-standard headings cause sections to be missed
Field mappingName, email, phone, dates, titlesMissing contact info is a common cause of immediate rejection
Keyword matchingJob-specific terms, skills, certificationsKeyword overlap affects recruiter search visibility and ATS scoring
Chronology checkDate ordering, gap detectionReverse-chronological order is expected by most ATS
QuantificationMetrics, numbers, measurable outcomesQuantified achievements help human reviewers and some scoring models
Confidence scoringOverall parse quality and completenessLow-confidence parses get deprioritized in results

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ResumeGeni free?
Yes. ResumeGeni is currently in beta — ATS analysis, scoring, and initial improvement suggestions are free with no signup required. Full guidance and saved reports may require a free account.
What file formats are supported?
PDF, DOCX, DOC, TXT, RTF, ODT, and Apple Pages. PDF and DOCX are recommended for best ATS compatibility.
How is the ATS score calculated?
Your resume is processed through an 8-layer parsing pipeline that extracts structured data the same way enterprise ATS platforms do. The score reflects how completely and accurately your resume can be parsed, plus how well your content matches common ATS ranking criteria.
Can ATS read PDF resumes?
Yes, but not all PDFs are equal. Text-based PDFs parse well. Image-only PDFs (scanned documents) and PDFs with complex tables or multi-column layouts often fail ATS parsing. Our analyzer will flag these issues.
How do I improve my ATS score?
Focus on three areas: use a clean single-column format, include keywords from the job description naturally in your experience bullets, and ensure all sections (contact, experience, education, skills) use standard headings.

ATS Guides & Resources

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Infrastructure Engineer

Antimetal · New York City

We Start Where Others Stop

For 50 years, abstractions around compute have followed an irreversible law: systems must handle complexity so humans don’t have to. We stopped writing assembly code. We abandoned physical servers. And yet, engineers still waste 30% of their time managing infrastructure—debugging YAML files, tweaking scaling policies, patching Kubernetes clusters.

Infrastructure remains stubbornly complex. The systems we rely on to keep software running are still deeply manual, brittle, and expensive to maintain. But a paradigm shift is now possible. 

When maintenance disappears, builders can finally build.

Role

We’re looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to take charge of the systems that power both our platform and our product. This is a hands-on role where you’ll manage Kubernetes clusters, build infrastructure services, and create tools that support both internal teams and customer-facing features.

In addition to owning infrastructure operations, this role gives you the chance to influence and build the product itself. If you want to work on infrastructure at scale and see your work directly impact end users, this role might be for you. 

You

As our next Infrastructure Engineer, you should have at least 5 years of experience in infrastructure engineering or a related role, preferably at a high-growth company, plus:

Essentials

  • Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
  • Expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform. 
  • Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable systems.
  • Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including networking, security, and cost optimization.
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
  • Familiarity with observability systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and managing logging and monitoring infrastructure.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on creating highly maintainable, scalable code.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Comfortable with iterative development, prototyping, and adapting quickly to feedback.
  • Passionate about building things not just innovative but also practical and impactful—basically, a strong product and customer focus. 

Standouts

  • Familiarity with service mesh technologies, such as Istio and Envoy. 
  • You have experience writing and debugging assembly code for both RISC and CISC architectures. 
  • Experience building observability/monitoring platforms. 
  • Deep understanding of agent-based architectures (i.e. system-level eBPF agents).
  • Experience working with LLM-based applications and/or eager to learn and deepen expertise in them.
  • Contributions to open-source projects, particularly in the CNCF ecosystem. 
  • You love mentoring and teaching junior engineers.

Compensation

Estimated Base Salary $180K-$220K – Offers Equity

 

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