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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Software Engineer, Integrations

Topsort · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

We're quickly growing and super excited for you to join us!

About Topsort

At Topsort, we believe in the mission of democratizing the secret technologies of the walled gardens and creating a privacy-first cookie-free world of clean advertising with modern tech, friendly products, and AI. We believe in making advertising intuitive, intelligent, and genuinely cool, without any of the creepy ads or cookie-obsession (well, maybe just the chocolate ones). In a rapidly changing industry, we're on a mission to democratize monetization access for all and ensure that advertising doesn't leave any brand or seller feeling confused or overwhelmed.

Today, Topsort has 6 major hubs worldwide, and employees in 13+ countries, including Menlo Park, Boston, Santiago Chile, Sao Paulo Brazil, Barcelona Spain, and Sydney Australia. We are a truly global company that was born in the pandemic that’s had rapid growth since out of a genius product, a customer-first mentality, and a hardworking team of talented individuals. Since our founding in 2021, we’ve gained customers in retail, marketplaces, and delivery apps in 40+ countries and quickly approaching the #1 position in the industry.

Do you enjoy a fast-paced environment? Do you like seeing your work create real-time impact, being part of a rocket ship from the very beginning? Let’s do the unimaginable - let’s make ads clean and cool again, with AI and modern technology. 

Why Topsort? Why now?

Topsort is changing the way Retail Media works. By joining our scaling team, you'll feel your impact from day 1. The processes and messaging you build today will be a critical part of our foundation as we accelerate toward 200 Topsorters worldwide, and your innovations will leave a lasting mark on the industry, as a whole. Retail Media is on the verge of a new era, and Topsort is gathering the ecosystem together to shape a brighter future. Joining us now, you'll work directly alongside our co-founders and founding members to bring on Retail Media 3.0. If you're looking to define your career as something greater than yourself, come scale with us.

What it’s like to work at Topsort

At Topsort, we communicate openly and move fast. We say things as they are, challenge each other early, and embrace feedback with curiosity—it’s how we build better, faster. Every experiment has a purpose, and every outcome helps us make the next decision smarter. There’s no single formula for success here; we find what works, improve it, and scale it.

We’re collaborative internally and competitive externally—never the other way around. The pace is quick, sometimes a 100-mph kind of fast, and that’s what keeps it exciting. We act with intent, lift each other up, and turn bold ideas into real results. No endless meetings here—if it can be done today, it gets done today.

About the Role:

We are looking for a hands-on and client-facing Software Engineers, Integrations focused to join our team at Topsort. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in translating real-world business needs into powerful, scalable product solutions. You’ll collaborate directly with sales, product, and engineering teams to support Pre-sales conversations - partner with sales to understand customer pain points, lead technical implementations with Topsort. 

You will:

  • Engage with Prospects & Clients: Work closely with the sales and customer success teams to understand client requirements and propose tailored technical solutions.
  • Own Technical Discovery & Demos: Lead technical conversations and run product demonstrations that align our platform’s capabilities with customer needs.
  • Solution Design: Translate business challenges into feasible product configurations, data integrations, and implementation plans.
  • Support RFPs and Security Questionnaires: Respond to technical and compliance-related questions in RFPs and trust questionnaires.
  • Own the entire integration process – You won’t just be following instructions; you’ll be leading integrations end-to-end, solving complex challenges, and acting as a trusted technical advisor to our clients.
  • Be the bridge between tech & customer success – Work directly with clients, engineers, and product teams to deeply understand their needs and ensure seamless API integrations. Your solutions won’t just be functional—they’ll be impactful and user-friendly, strengthening long-term customer relationships.

What We Think You Need to Be Successful

We’re open to candidates who don’t check every box but show strong potential.

Core Requirements & Experience

  • Industry Experience: 1+ years in software development, managing integrations, APIs, system interoperability, or ad tech is a plus. etc.
  • API Expertise: Strong experience with RESTful APIs, authentication methods (OAuth), and data formats (JSON, XML).
  • Proven ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Demonstrated success working directly with enterprise clients, understanding their operational realities and constraints.
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making decisions with incomplete information.
  • Clear sense of ownership — you lead the solution from pre-sales design through implementation and post-sale success.
  • Experience collaborating with product and engineering teams to shape customer-driven roadmaps.
  • Bachelor’s degree and above in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field from a top school. 
  • CRM & Platforms: Familiarity with customer relationship management (CRM) tools and integration platforms.
  • Communication & Stakeholder Management:  Strong ability to interact with both technical and non-technical audiences, translating complex concepts into actionable insights.

What We Value

At Topsort, we seek professionals who embody the following qualities to drive our mission forward:

  • Deep dive into details: Professionals who are not content with superficial answers and dive deeply into the details to uncover root causes and optimal solutions.
  • Team first: A low need for individual recognition, always prioritizing collective results over personal credit.
  • You thrive with ambiguity: Exceptional ability to tackle open-ended problems in unstructured environments, turning chaos into structured innovation.
  • Adaptability: Willingness to learn, mentor, lead, and follow as the situation demands, fostering growth at all levels.
  • Urgency: A disproportionate sense of urgency in execution, while keeping scalability and the creation of replicable processes in mind to ensure long-term success.
  • Curiosity: Genuinely curious individuals who can quickly learn difficult concepts and apply them effectively.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and to foster a workplace where diversity is valued and celebrated. We believe that diverse perspectives and experiences strengthen our teams and drive better outcomes. We respect and value any race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, caste, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, marital status, or military service.

Do you sound like the right fit? Let's dive right in!