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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Senior Engineering Manager - PayIn

Backmarket · Barcelona

Hi, we’re Back Market.

We’re here to help make tech reliable, affordable, and better than new. We're a global marketplace for refurbished devices, helping lower our collective environmental impact by providing trustworthy, affordable tech with 92% less carbon emissions than new.

Yep, you read that right. Turns out refurbished tech is way better for the planet than new. In fact, With every device purchased on Back Market, our positive impact on the planet grows. From our Customer Care representatives to our software engineer, every individual at Back Market cuts the planet — and consumers — a break. Our mission is simple: to do more with what we already have.

Are you ready to join us?

Hi, we’re Back Market.

We’re here to help make tech reliable, affordable, and better than new. We're a global marketplace for refurbished devices, helping lower our collective environmental impact by providing trustworthy, affordable tech with 92% less carbon emissions than new.

Yep, you read that right. Turns out refurbished tech is way better for the planet than new. In fact, With every device purchased on Back Market, our positive impact on the planet grows. From our Customer Care representatives to our software engineer, every individual at Back Market cuts the planet — and consumers — a break. Our mission is simple: to do more with what we already have.


Are you ready to join us? 

PayIn team has one mission : Create a resilient and flexible payin system for customers and sellers

As PayIn Engineering Manager, you will lead a cross-functional team of 8 talented engineers (backend, frontend, and mobile) to build the future of customer payment experiences.

We're not just iterating; we're innovating, drawing on the latest in payment technology like internal wallets, open banking, and AI to deliver performant and cost-efficient solutions.

Positioned at the heart of the company, you will play a critical role in enabling strategic initiatives such as subscriptions and next-generation wallet infrastructure, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth

What you'll be doing :

  • Leading a collaborative team (8 persons) in delivering great software that our customers and sellers will love!

  • Collaborating with the product group and other tribes to align the team with company objectives and initiatives across engineering and the wider business

  • Ensuring the development of people and teams through ongoing coaching and mentoring

  • Creating a team environment where team members feel like they belong and are supported to do their best work

  • Establishing open communication and a culture of feedback between team members

  • Working in an agile "build it and run it" environment where engineering teams build, launch, monitor and support the sections they own

  • Working with the team to identify and make improvements in our processes, practices and product

  • Supporting teams in increasing delivery proficiency by creating a learning environment

You are in the right place if you have :

  • Experience and passion for growing, developing, and guiding people

  • Openness to receiving and giving feedback in a safe workplace

  • Interest in working in an environment where leaders support their teams to do great work, by removing impediments, finding improvements, and facilitating effective decision-making

  • Enthusiasm about reaching new levels of effectiveness (and quality!)

  • A background as an individual contributor and willingness to help when the team needs it

  • Good verbal and written communication skills in English

  • Excitement to learn about how our industry works and the impact we bring to our customers and the world

  • Experience working in agile development teams with some knowledge of our following tech stack : AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, RestFul API, Python, Django, VueJs, Nuxt, Datadog,

  • Experience in clean architecture, micro-services, DDD, API’s , monitoring tools

Recruitment process:

  • Call with Marie, our Expert Tech TA (45 min)

  • Management Principles Interview with your manager and one fellow EM (60mn)

  • Technical interview with 2 members of the tech team (90mn)

  • Stakeholders interview with 2 of your main stakeholders (60mn)

  • Back Market values interview with 2 members of the Exec level (45mn)


Note: Hybrid policy -3 days / week at Barcelona office (Monday is mandatory)


WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN US ? ✌🏼

At Back Market, we’re committed to hiring and supporting diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives — it’s one of the reasons we’re such a high-scoring certified B Corp company (93.2).

No matter your role and seniority level, you’ll enjoy impact-driven work with hands-on career development in an innovative, driven, and fast-paced environment — with benefits to match, like: 

- A mission driven work environment where your day to day makes an impact on the planet. Seriously.

- Hybrid work environment, with 2 remote days a week and 1 remote work week per quarter, plus 3 flex days. 

- Employee Resource Groups, including mentorship programs, comprehensive accessibility policies, and cultural competency training. 

At Back Market, we strive to create a workplace that embodies the world we’re trying to change. We’ve embedded our diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into our DNA — from dedicated staff to employee resource groups to our company values. 

We know that the perfect background for a role doesn’t mean the perfect fit — we encourage you to apply for a role even if you think you may not have all the qualifications. 

If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process, please do not hesitate to discuss this with the Talent Acquisition Team.