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Which companies use Lever? (11 verified employers, 2026)

11 of 713 verified large employers (Fortune 500, Global 2000, and $1B+ private companies) run Lever as their applicant tracking system — 1.5% of the verified set. Each entry was confirmed against the company's live careers portal (June 2026); employers still pending verification aren't listed.

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Which companies use Lever?

Across 713 large employers verified against their live careers portals in ResumeAI's State of ATS 2026 audit, 11 use Lever as their applicant tracking system (1.5% of the verified set). Named examples include Atlassian Jira, Confluent, Klarna, Marcus & Millichap, Mistral AI, Palantir. Lever has quietly become the standard ATS for AI-native employers — xAI, Perplexity, Cohere, Cursor, Vercel and most modern ML-heavy shops run their hiring pipelines on it. Lever pages the resume directly to the recruiter alongside structured fields, so a clean PDF and tight, role-specific bullets matter more than keyword stuffing. The full alphabetized list of all 11 verified Lever employers is below, each with a free resume ATS check.

Source: ResumeAI — 2026-07-04

Further reading: ResumeAI State of ATS 2026 (source dataset), How to optimize your resume for Lever

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How many companies use Lever?+

11 of the 713 large employers (Fortune 500, Global 2000, and $1B+ private companies) verified in ResumeAI's State of ATS 2026 audit use Lever — 1.5% of the verified set. Named examples include Atlassian Jira, Confluent, Klarna, Marcus & Millichap, Mistral AI.

How do I know if a company uses Lever?+

Open one of the company's job postings and click apply, then read the URL in your address bar: Lever careers portals run on jobs.lever.co. Every employer listed on this page was verified that way against its live careers portal (June 2026).

Does my resume need special formatting for Lever?+

The fundamentals that pass Lever are the same ones that pass every major ATS: a single-column, text-based file with standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) and keywords mirrored from the job posting. See the full Lever optimization guide at /ats-resume-tips/lever for vendor-specific parsing rules.

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