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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Principal Analytics Architect

Butcherbox · Greater Boston

Who We Are
ButcherBox is a certified B Corp headquartered in Boston, and honored to be celebrating our fourth year in a row on Inc.'s list of Best Workplaces. At ButcherBox, we believe in better. That’s why we deliver 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef, free-range organic chicken, pork raised crate-free, and wild-caught seafood directly to our members’ doors. All of our products are humanely raised or wild-caught and never given antibiotics or added hormones ever.

We’re working to build a world that’s better for all, and we’re inviting everyone to come along. For us, better means treating our planet with respect. It means improving the lives of animals and the livelihoods of farmers. It means never cutting corners when it comes to doing business. Ultimately, it means better meals, enjoyed together. Our team is made up of people who collaborate and support one another. We’re always looking for outstanding people to join our mission! 

ABOUT THE POSITION

As a Principal Analytics Architect, you will serve as a senior technical leader for data architecture and analytics solutions, reporting to the Associate Director of Data and Backend Engineering. You will help set the technical direction for how ButcherBox connects operational flows across the business, the systems that support them, and the data models that draw from them. You'll bring a data-oriented perspective to how we integrate backend systems and balance impacts on how we design, build, and evolve our warehousing and modeling layers. The work of this role will simplify our overall architecture while better connecting systems that need to draw from data across our ecommerce suite, including Shopify, NetSuite, CDP, and CRM platforms.

This role blends hands-on technical leadership with organization-wide influence. You will translate business strategies into scalable, well-governed architectural designs, establish standards for trusted and maintainable data solutions, and drive adoption of core models and integrations across reporting and operational endpoints. Your work will reduce metric ambiguity, improve data quality and timeliness, and accelerate delivery of insights and downstream capabilities that depend on reliable foundations.

ABOUT THE POSITION

As a Principal Analytics Architect, you will serve as a senior technical leader for data architecture and analytics solutions, reporting to the Associate Director of Data and Backend Engineering. You will help set the technical direction for how ButcherBox connects operational flows across the business, the systems that support them, and the data models that draw from them. You'll bring a data-oriented perspective to how we integrate backend systems and balance impacts on how we design, build, and evolve our warehousing and modeling layers. The work of this role will simplify our overall architecture while better connecting systems that need to draw from data across our ecommerce suite, including Shopify, NetSuite, CDP, and CRM platforms.

This role blends hands-on technical leadership with organization-wide influence. You will translate business strategies into scalable, well-governed architectural designs, establish standards for trusted and maintainable data solutions, and drive adoption of core models and integrations across reporting and operational endpoints. Your work will reduce metric ambiguity, improve data quality and timeliness, and accelerate delivery of insights and downstream capabilities that depend on reliable foundations.

What We Offer
Our Values
We are a mission-driven company and strive to embody our values in every step of the process. ButcherBox is driven by relentless improvement, accountability, humility, and customer obsession. We want our workplace to be one of growth and learning where everyone can be safe/comfortable to show up as their authentic self to work. Anyone who loves our products and goals is welcome here! We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer aspiring to incite positive change in the pastures, the fulfillment centers, the office, and the world.

Benefits
•Health: medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, an employer-funded HSA, and short & long-term disability benefits
•Financial: 401(k) with generous employer match
•Annual bonus based on company performance
•Time off: unlimited paid time off policy, 20 weeks parental leave, an executive team that encourages a good work/life balance
•Personal growth: Annual Learning & Development stipend, and access to a range of personal and professional coaching solutions through BetterUp
•Food: a free Custom Classic ButcherBox each month and weekly lunch reimbursement
•Others: reimbursement for wellness activities, an exceptional EAP, fertility benefits, life insurance and more

ButcherBox is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive environment at all steps in the hiring process. Every qualified applicant will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We are happy provide reasonable accommodations during our hiring process. Please click here if you need to request an accommodation for your interview.

Responsibilitie

  • Act as an owner for the end-to-end data architecture for analytics solutions, including data models, platform design, integration patterns, and BI/reporting frameworks
  • Guide the unification of platform and integration architecture with the data dependencies across back-end systems.
  • Lead design reviews and provide architectural guidance across the data and backend engineering team as well as the ERP engineers.
  • Translate business strategies into solution designs that are secure, scalable, and aligned with enterprise data standards
  • Work with business and technical stakeholders to help design and guide solutions and roadmaps that identify and manage dependencies as well as create outcomes that incrementally build needed functionality.
  • Establish and enforce best practices across data modeling, documentation, testing, security, and compliance
  • Ensure architecture balances cost, performance, and business objectives while maintaining data quality and long-term scalability
  • Drive technical decision-making for analytics platforms and tools based on business impact potential
  • Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in data analytics or related field
  • Experience with ERP or ecommerce strongly preferred
  • Experience collaborating with Business Operations teams and other non-technical stakeholders
  • Bias for action over perfection
  • Solutions oriented mindset with a desire to find the most efficient approach to meeting business needs