How teams actually use Kini with SmartRecruiters.
From multi-client agencies to in-house recruiting teams: Kini fits the way you work with SmartRecruiters. Five scenarios where the managed integration makes the biggest difference.
Your customer connects SmartRecruiters themselves, in one click
You generate a Magic Link and send it to your end customer. They connect their SmartRecruiters account with their own API credentials. You never touch access data, your team never touches applicant data.
Fields map themselves, the rest with one click
SmartRecruiters' job fields, postings and screening and diversity questions are auto-detected and pre-mapped. 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 SmartRecruiters account, submitted directly to the posting. No intermediate storage, no forwarding, no liability on your side. Screening questions arrive answered with the record.
One SmartRecruiters account, 1,500+ job boards
Once connected, you choose from 1,500+ job boards, including Stepstone and Indeed, to promote SmartRecruiters 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 jobs, candidates and applications between SmartRecruiters and your connected channels via the Posting and Application APIs. No intermediate storage, no manual exports, no data sitting in between.
Jobs (Postings)
Candidates + Applications
SmartRecruiters applies adaptive rate limiting on its Application API, so requests are spread over time rather than bursted.
Operations like GET, POST, PATCH are documented per endpoint in the . The primary source for field definitions. Kini adds mapping and fallback logic on top.
From API key to production go-live.
Kini connects to SmartRecruiters via Magic Link, using 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 SmartRecruiters account with their own API credentials. No credentials are shared with you at any point.
Step 2Map
Kini auto-detects and pre-maps SmartRecruiters' screening and diversity questions, job fields and postings between SmartRecruiters and your connected channels. No manual configuration needed.
Step 3Test
A test job 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 SmartRecruiters account, which stays the system of record. Kini operates and monitors the connection.
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What makes Kini different for SmartRecruiters 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 SmartRecruiters integration.
Everything about how Kini connects to SmartRecruiters. From setup and data sync to GDPR compliance.
Kini syncs jobs, candidates and applications with SmartRecruiters. Job postings and their screening questions are read through the Posting and Application APIs, and candidates are submitted directly to postings, so applications land in your customer's account with screening and diversity questions answered.
Yes. SmartRecruiters' Application API is designed to let candidates submit applications directly, without visiting the SmartRecruiters job ad. The application still lands in your customer's SmartRecruiters account, with screening questions answered along the way.
No. SmartRecruiters stays your system of record. Kini is the connectivity layer around it: jobs, candidates and applications are synced between SmartRecruiters and your connected recruiting channels through one API, so you extend what SmartRecruiters already does without replacing it.
No. The SmartRecruiters integration is pre-built, so there is no development project on your side. You send your customer a Magic Link, they connect their own SmartRecruiters account, and Kini handles mapping, operation and monitoring as a managed service.
It is built for GDPR-compliant use. Data that passes between SmartRecruiters 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."
