How teams actually use Kini with softgarden.
From multi-client agencies to in-house recruiting teams: Kini fits the way you work with softgarden. Five scenarios where the managed integration makes the biggest difference.
Your customer connects softgarden themselves, in one click
You generate a Magic Link and send it to your end customer. They connect their softgarden account themselves. You never touch access data, your team never touches applicant data.
See instantly that everything runs clean
A test job and a test application run through the connection automatically. You see in real time whether sync and mapping are correct, before any real application traffic reaches your customer's softgarden account.
Fields map themselves, the rest with one click
softgarden's job posting and application fields 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 softgarden account, created through softgarden's Apply API. No intermediate storage, no forwarding, no liability on your side.
One softgarden account, 1,500+ job boards
Once connected, you choose from 1,500+ job boards, including Stepstone and Indeed, to promote softgarden 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 and applications between softgarden and your connected channels through softgarden's Career Websites and Apply APIs. No intermediate storage, no manual exports, no data sitting in between.
Jobs
Applications
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 authorization to production go-live.
Kini connects to softgarden via Magic Link. Fields are mapped automatically, the connection is tested and your integration is live.
Step 1Connect
Your customer receives a Magic Link from Kini and authorizes their softgarden account. No credentials are shared with you at any point.
Step 2Map
Kini auto-detects and pre-maps softgarden's job posting and application fields between softgarden and your connected channels. No manual configuration needed.
Step 3Test
A test job and a test application 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 softgarden account, which stays the system of record. Kini operates and monitors the connection.
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What makes Kini different for softgarden 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 softgarden integration.
Everything about how Kini connects to softgarden. From setup and authentication to data sync and GDPR compliance.
Kini syncs jobs and applications with softgarden. Jobs are read through softgarden's Career Websites API, and applications are created through the Apply and Frontend APIs, so candidates from your connected channels arrive directly in your customer's softgarden account.
softgarden's API is REST-based and uses a standard authorization protocol. Your customer authorizes the connection on their side via the Magic Link, and no credentials are shared with you. Kini operates the authorized connection from there.
No. softgarden stays your system of record. Kini is the connectivity layer around it: jobs and applications are synced between softgarden and your connected recruiting channels through one API, so you extend what softgarden already does without replacing it.
No. The softgarden integration is pre-built, so there is no development project on your side. You send your customer a Magic Link, they authorize their own softgarden account, and Kini handles mapping, operation and monitoring as a managed service.
It is built for GDPR-compliant use. Data that passes between softgarden 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."
