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Lever — IT Setup Guide

One-time setup steps to connect Lever to SIA

2 min readUpdated Nov 1, 2026

This guide is for IT administrators and Lever Super Admins. It covers generating an API key, connecting Lever to SIA, and optionally setting up candidate stage mapping.

Once setup is complete, your HR team can start using SIA's hiring intelligence directly from Lever — see the Lever HR Workflow Guide for what they can do from there.

Note: Connecting Lever to SIA connects it for your entire organisation — confirm with your team before switching connectors, as SIA only keeps one ATS active at a time. Senseloaf writes results back as notes on the candidate, so there is no custom field setup required.

Before you begin

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To connect Lever to SIA, you'll need to complete two steps — and optionally a third:

  1. Generate an API key in Lever
  2. Connect Lever in the SIA Connectors page
  3. Set up candidate stage mapping (optional)

Step 1 — Generate an API key in Lever

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Only Super Admins can generate and manage API keys in Lever.

  1. Log in to Lever with a Super Admin account
  2. Go to Settings → Integrations → API Credentials
  3. Click Generate New Key and give it a name — for example, Senseloaf Integration
  4. Copy the key immediately and store it securely — it is only shown once

Note: You can have multiple API keys active at once, so generating a new key for Senseloaf won't disturb any other integration's key. This is the only connection method SIA supports for Lever right now — sign-in-and-approve is not available yet.

Step 2 — Candidate stage mapping (optional)

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Senseloaf can automatically move candidates between your existing Lever pipeline stages based on their AI evaluation outcome. You are not limited to a fixed set of stages — Lever's pipeline stages are whatever your organisation already has configured, and Senseloaf reads that list directly, so there is nothing new to create.

If you'd like this enabled, let the Senseloaf team know which of your existing stages should correspond to each outcome (matching, prescreening, interview) during onboarding.

Enable automatic syncing

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To enable automatic syncing of your Lever data with SIA, reach out to the Senseloaf team at support@senseloaf.com. The team will configure and enable the bidirectional sync for your organisation.

Step 3 — Connect Lever to SIA

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A. Open Connectors in SIA

  1. Log in to your SIA account
  2. Click your Profile icon in the bottom-left corner
  3. Click Connectors from the menu
  4. Search for Lever and click Connect — this opens the pop-up for entering credentials

B. Enter your Lever credentials

  • API Key — paste the key generated in Step 1

C. Connect Lever

  1. Verify the API key is correct
  2. Click Connect
  3. SIA establishes the connection with your Lever account

What happens once connected

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Once Lever is connected, SIA begins syncing jobs and candidates automatically — no further setup required from IT. For a full overview of what the HR team can do from here, see the Lever - HR Workflow Guide.

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