EditShield for ATS — Safe, Auditable Candidate Profile Editing Layer
8/10
Demand Score
Recruiters are blocked by locked fields and must open tickets or export/reimport just to fix typos and duplicates, slowing hiring cycles and harming candidate experience.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$800-4k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
12 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
Other Notable Problems
Competitor Landscape
- Native ATS vendors (Workday Recruiting, iCIMS, Taleo, SAP SuccessFactors)
- Browser automation tools (Magical, UiPath)
- iPaaS/Automation (Workato, Zapier)
- Data enrichment (Clearbit, People Data Labs)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Chrome/Edge extension that injects editable UI for locked fields
Approval workflows with diff views and full audit trail
Write-back via official APIs; fallback robotic actions with rollback
Schema validation and field-level rules per ATS
Automated enrichment and merge suggestions from resumes/LinkedIn
Role-based permissions and SOC2-aligned logging
Prebuilt mappings for top 8 ATS platforms
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Vendor DOM changes breaking overlay selectors
- ATS terms of service for robotic write-backs
- SSO and role-based access alignment
- Change management for audit workflow adoption
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- Low-friction deployment (no ATS migration)
- High selector stability and quick hotfixes on UI changes
- Trustworthy audit logs for compliance
- Out-of-the-box coverage for major ATSes
- Visible time savings for recruiters within first week
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.