We started Simplify to fix the issues we faced while job searching.
Finding a job sucks. We have personally applied to over 1,000 jobs – spending hours looking for relevant roles, typing the same information on every application, and tracking everything in a spreadsheet.
After trying nearly every job board and recruiting platform, one thing became clear: there was no good solution.
We dropped out of Stanford and Berkeley to democratize the job search process, regardless of background, location, or education. Our goal is to build the world's first candidate-first recruiting platform and make hiring simple, transparent, and fair.
Think of Simplify as your personal talent agent – helping you discover personalized jobs, optimize your applications, and stay organized in the process.
Today, over 2 million users trust Simplify to power their job searches. Our platform facilitated over 100 million job applications in the past year, saving thousands of hours and helping users land many more offers.
A Note on Privacy
Your data belongs to you. At our core, we're internet users and human beings. We place a heavy emphasis on privacy, and believe that our users deserve transparency regarding how their information is used.
Our goal at Simplify is to get you hired. We know that by creating a truly phenomenal candidate experience, we can drive higher quality inbound to companies and facilitate more hires, which is where we make money. This keeps our incentives aligned with getting our users hired - the same mission we dropped out of school to pursue.
We use your data to give you personalized job recommendations, autofill your online job applications through our extension, and connect you with interested employers on our platform (we also give you the option to hide your profile from employers). We don't sell your personal data to third-party advertisers.
At the end of the day, we will be upfront and transparent with the data we collect and how we use it to help you land your dream job - and we'll let you decide if you're cool with that.
A Note on Transparency
We believe you can't make a life-changing career decision in the dark.
For too long, the labor market has been a black box. Companies hold all the cards—the salary ranges, the interview secrets, and the reality of the culture—while candidates are left to guess. We started Simplify to fix that.
To level the playing field, we index public roles and host community-driven insights so you can see the full picture before you apply. Because our incentives are aligned with getting you hired, we have one strict rule: we don't take orders from HR departments.
Some companies attempt to suppress this data by requesting we remove community reviews or hide salary insights. We decline these requests. Opacity in hiring disproportionately harms candidates—especially those fighting to close pay gaps or avoid toxic work environments.
When a company asks us to "retract" information that belongs in the public square, we see it as an attempt to tip the scales against you. In response, we flag these companies with a "Candidate Advisory" badge so you can make a fully informed decision about where you spend your talent.
We'll always provide the unvarnished truth, and we'll never let an employer edit the map we've built for you.
Let's make recruiting better for everyone.
