How teams actually use Kini with SuccessFactors.
From multi-client agencies to in-house recruiting teams: Kini fits the way you work with SuccessFactors. Five scenarios where the managed integration makes the biggest difference.
Your customer connects SuccessFactors themselves, in one click
You generate a Magic Link and send it to your end customer. They connect their SuccessFactors instance with their own API credentials. You never touch access data, your team never touches applicant data.
Fields map themselves, the rest with one click
SuccessFactors' job requisition and candidate fields are auto-detected and pre-mapped, including attachments such as CVs. You fix any mismatches from a dropdown. No code, no engineer, no development ticket.
You never touch applicant data
Applications run through Kini straight into your customer's SuccessFactors instance. No intermediate storage, no forwarding, no liability on your side. Candidate records are created and updated through the OData API, attachments included.
One SuccessFactors account, 1,500+ job boards
Once connected, you choose from 1,500+ job boards, including Stepstone and Indeed, to promote SuccessFactors jobs, and applications come back the same way. One connected account, no second integration project.
Every field. Every entity.Exactly where it belongs.
Kini syncs job requisitions, candidates and applications between SuccessFactors and your connected channels via the OData API. No intermediate storage, no manual exports, no data sitting in between.
Job Requisitions
Candidates
SuccessFactors exposes recruiting data through OData V2 entities: JobRequisition supports create, read and update from third-party systems, and the Candidate entity supports create, update and export, including attachments.
From OData API to production go-live.
Kini connects to SuccessFactors via Magic Link and the customer's own API credentials. Fields are mapped automatically, the connection is tested and your integration is live.
Step 1Connect
Your customer receives a Magic Link from Kini and connects their SuccessFactors instance with their own API credentials. No credentials are shared with you at any point.
Step 2Map
Kini auto-detects and pre-maps SuccessFactors' job requisition and candidate fields between the OData API and your connected channels. No manual configuration needed.
Step 3Test
A test requisition and a test candidate run automatically through the full flow. Kini checks field mapping and sync behaviour before anything goes live.
Step 4Go-live!
Applications flow through Kini directly into the customer's SuccessFactors instance, which stays the system of record. Kini operates and monitors the connection.
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What makes Kini different for SuccessFactors customers.
Other tools connect. Kini manages. In practice that covers GDPR, field mapping, job board compatibility and everything that breaks when nobody is watching.
End-to-end GDPR consent
Every application that flows through Kini carries a consent flag, mirrored on the target system's side and traceable in audits.
Native-language custom fields
Locations, departments and sources are mapped correctly even when they use German naming conventions or regional variants, whether your customers sit in DACH or operate internationally.
Application flows for a wide range of job boards
Stepstone, Indeed, Jobrapido and regional boards each have their own required fields, screening patterns and encoding rules. Kini's mapping engine is trained for those: out of the box, not as a custom project.
Operated by the Kini team
Kini runs the connection for you, including monitoring and alerts. If a vendor changes an API or a mapping breaks, our team fixes it before it reaches your funnel. Operated from Germany.
Frequently asked questions about the SuccessFactors integration.
Everything about how Kini connects to SAP SuccessFactors. From setup and data sync to GDPR compliance.
Kini syncs job requisitions and candidates with SAP SuccessFactors through the OData API. Requisitions are read from SuccessFactors, and candidate records with their applications and attachments such as CVs are created in it.
No. SuccessFactors stays your system of record. Kini is the connectivity layer around it: requisitions, candidates and applications are synced between SuccessFactors and your connected recruiting channels through one API, so you extend what SuccessFactors already does without replacing it.
No. The SuccessFactors integration is pre-built, so there is no development project on your side. Kini generates a certificate that your customer stores in SAP to create an API key, they enter it via the Magic Link, and Kini handles mapping, operation and monitoring as a managed service.
It is built for GDPR-compliant use. Data that passes between SuccessFactors and your connected channels is processed by Kini in Frankfurt, Germany, under a data processing agreement (DPA). Kini deletes or anonymizes personal applicant data 180 days after an application is created.
Trusted by recruiting teamsacross europe.
From enterprise HR platforms to lean recruiting boutiques. Teams use Kini to connect their tools without involving engineering. Here's what they say.
"Kini syncs candidates from Perspective straight into our customers' ATS. That saves us manual transfers and around four hours a week."
"Kini gets enterprise customers on SAP SuccessFactors live much faster. Fewer technical hurdles in sales, around 20% more conversion."
"With Kini, we sync candidates straight into our customers' ATS through 65+ integrations. We don't need an extra full-time hire for it."
