# Screen candidates for a software engineer job

**Use case:** 

Score resumes against a senior backend engineer job description. Criteria are extracted from the job, then each candidate gets a score and an explanation for every criterion.

## Input

```json
{
  "jobDescription": "Senior Backend Engineer (Go / Python) - London or remote UK\n\nAbout the role\nYou will design and run the services behind our delivery platform, handling millions of orders a week.\n\nRequirements\n- 5+ years of professional backend development\n- Strong Go or Python in production\n- Experience with PostgreSQL, Kafka and AWS\n- Designing and operating distributed systems at scale\n- Fluent English\n\nNice to have\n- Kubernetes and Terraform\n- Mentoring other engineers",
  "resumeUrls": [
    "https://hirelayer.co/benchmark/resume-parser-2026-10/cv2-two-page-en.pdf",
    "https://hirelayer.co/demo/cv-paul-verse.pdf",
    "https://hirelayer.co/benchmark/resume-parser-2026-10/cv5-infographic-en.pdf"
  ],
  "candidates": [],
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "candidate_id": {
    "label": "Candidate",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "candidate_name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "score": {
    "label": "Score",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "summary": {
    "label": "Summary",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "resume_url": {
    "label": "Resume",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The AI Candidate Matcher - Resume vs Job Description Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Screen candidates for a software engineer job". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/EhJdg4l3QTAZUyyxG) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Screen candidates for a software engineer job" task

The AI Candidate Matcher - Resume vs Job Description Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like job description, resume urls, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Screen candidates for a software engineer job" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as status, candidate, name, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Screen candidates for a software engineer job" task via API](https://apify.com/hirelayer/candidate-matcher.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [AI Candidate Matcher - Resume vs Job Description](https://apify.com/hirelayer/candidate-matcher.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/hirelayer/candidate-matcher.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/hirelayer/candidate-matcher.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).