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Resume parsing and candidate matching APIs for ATS, job boards and HR software.

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Elias Moreau's CV read by HireLayer Resume Parser: photo detected, AI Engineer in Paris, FR, 5 experiences, 40 skills. Then HireLayer Resume Scorer ranks four candidates for the Generative AI Engineer job, criterion by criterion: Elias Moreau 100%, Thomas Nguyen 91%, Inès Benali 31%, Léa Marchand 17%.

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API requests processed: 2M+
In production since: 2024
Parse success rate: ~99.7%

6 APIs, one recruiting workflow

One API key and one credit balance for all of them.

All products

01
Read
CVs, job ads and skills, as clean data.
02
Find
The closest resumes and jobs you already hold.
- Talent Pool SearchFind the stored resumes closest to a job.
- Job RecommendationsFind the open jobs closest to a resume.
03
Rank
Every resume scored against the job.
- Resume ScorerScore resumes against a job, criterion by criterion.

Resume parsing that gets the details right

15 file formats, scans and phone photos included.

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More fields right than HrFlow.ai

30 resumes in 11 languages the parser had never seen, scored field by field on the raw JSON.

Benchmark and data Also tested against Textkernel, Affinda and RChilli

HireLayer: 95.2%
HrFlow.ai Gaia: 84.5%
HrFlow.ai Hawk: 73.3%

Photo detected and cropped

An image URL, or null when the CV has none.

The header of Elias Moreau's CV with the photo outlined, then the photo cropped from it and returned as an image URL in face_url.

Skills, typed and normalized

40 in Elias Moreau's CV.

Software18: PythonNext.jsVue.jsReactNode.js+13
Hard skills17: SQLNoSQLLLM SDKsSaaSGenerative AI+12
Soft skills5: AutonomyVersatilityProactivenessThoughtfulnessLeadership

Free wording in, fixed values out

Values you can filter and report on.

In the CV: “Developer since 2019”
Returned in experience_level as 5 to 10 years
In the CV: “English, fluent (C1)”
Returned in languages[].level as Full Professional Proficiency (C1)
In the CV: “Freelance mission, 6 months”
Returned in work_experiences[].contract_type as Freelance
In the CV: “Available from September”
Returned in availability_date as 2026-09-01

Every score comes with its reasons

Criteria read from the job, checked in each resume, with the lines that prove it.

Score your own candidates

Generative AI Engineer

Orbital Data

Met
Partly met
Missing
Not in the resume

Criteria read from the job

1Engineering degree or MSc in Computer Science, Data or AI
2Software development
3Generative AI or NLP
4Python and Node.js
5AWS and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
6Docker and Git
7English
8Location (Paris)

Each candidate's status on the 8 criteria, and their score
Candidate	Engineering degree or MSc in Computer Science, Data or AI	Software development	Generative AI or NLP	Python and Node.js	AWS and infrastructure as code (Terraform)	Docker and Git	English	Location (Paris)	Score
Elias MoreauAI engineer / full-stack developer									100%
Thomas NguyenMachine learning engineer									91%
Inès BenaliData analyst									31%
Léa MarchandEvent project manager									17%

Thomas Nguyen

4Python and Node.js

Partly met

Evidence

Python, PyTorch, OpenCV, statistics, LangChain, FastAPI, AWS, Docker, Git, SQL

Explanation

Strong Python skills are demonstrated, but Node.js is missing from the CV (only Python APIs mentioned).

Summary

Highly relevant · 91%

Strong candidate with relevant AI engineering experience and education, though missing Node.js and Terraform skills creates a partial gap.

Built into recruiting software

For the teams that build it, and the firms that recruit with it.

All solutions

Software platforms

Recruiting firms

Works with the tools you already use

All integrations

Your first parsed CV is one request away

One key for every API50 free credits a month to start.
Signed webhooksFor batches and long jobs.
Claude and ChatGPTEvery API as a tool, through the HireLayer app.
Processed in the EUFiles and photos stored in Paris.

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RequestPOST /api/v4/resumes/parse

curl -X POST https://hirelayer.co/api/v4/resumes/parse \
  -H "X-API-Key: $HIRELAYER_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@resume.pdf"

Response200 OK

{
  "application_id": "file_d7e21d373637a897b17b8fdf63122807",
  "request_id": "8a4adbed-13fe-42cb-a5d5-5b1890b4dd81",
  "stored": true,
  "already_stored": false,
  "resume": {
    "info_resume": {
      "language": "EN",
      "face_url": "https://files.hirelayer.co/faces/elias-moreau-resume-face.jpg"
    },
    "info_candidate": {
      "full_name": "Elias MOREAU",
      "email": "elias.moreau@example.com",
      "job_title": "AI Engineer",
      "experience_level": "5 to 10 years",
      "education_level": "Level 7",
      "availability_now": true,
      "location": { "region": "Île-de-France", "country_code": "FR" }
    },
    "work_experiences": [
      {
        "company_name": "Novalys AI",
        "job_title": "AI Engineer",
        "start_date": "2024-01-01",
        "end_date": "2025-12-31",
        "experience_duration": 24
      }
    ],
    "languages": [
      { "language": "English", "level": "Full Professional Proficiency (C1)" }
    ],
    "skills": [
      {
        "skill_title": "Node.js",
        "skill_type": "Software skill",
        "status": "normalized",
        "domain": "Software Development",
        "subcategory": "Backend development"
      }
    ]
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "credits_used": 1
}

Questions, answered

Comparing resume parsers

What does HireLayer do?

HireLayer is six recruiting APIs behind one key. Resume Parser turns CV files into structured JSON, Job Criteria Extractor turns a job description into weighted criteria and Skills Normalizer maps free-text skills to one taxonomy. Talent Pool Search and Job Recommendations find the closest stored resumes and jobs, and Resume Scorer scores and ranks resumes against a job.

How accurate is the resume parser?

On 30 resumes in 11 languages it had never seen, HireLayer Resume Parser got 95.2% of fields right, against 84.5% for HrFlow.ai Gaia and 73.3% for HrFlow.ai Hawk, scored field by field on the raw JSON. The resumes, outputs and scores are published with the benchmark.

Which files can I send?

PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PPT, PPTX, ODP, XLS, RTF, TXT, HTML, Markdown, JPG/JPEG, PNG and BMP, including scans and phone photos of a printed CV. Job descriptions can be sent as text or as a file.

Where are resumes processed and stored?

Resumes are parsed in Paris, France, where uploaded files and extracted photos are also stored. AI processing stays in the EU through our in-house AI pipeline. If parsed data must not be retained, set do_not_store_data to true on the request: the file is not stored and the photo link expires after 10 minutes.

How are credits counted?

1 credit per resume parsed, per search and per skills call; extracting job criteria is free. Resume Scorer counts 1 credit per resume evaluated, plus 1 per resume file parsed, and its precise_ranking option 1 per call; a pair already scored is free. The Free plan gives 50 credits a month on every API, without a card.

In which language are criteria and explanations written?

In the job’s language, detected from the description: English, French, German, Spanish or Portuguese, and English for any other language. Criteria, summaries and explanations all follow it, and evidence quotes the resume in its own language. Each resume gets one score, a number from 0 to 1.

Does a mandatory criterion exclude a candidate?

No. A required criterion clearly missing multiplies the score by 0.75 and is listed in required_missing, but never eliminates the candidate. Your application decides how to treat it.

Can I use HireLayer without writing code?

Yes. The dashboard parses CVs and scores candidates in the browser. Claude and ChatGPT reach every API through the HireLayer app, and ready-made templates run it from Power Automate and Google Sheets.

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