BambooHR integration

Add the assessment + intelligence layer to your BambooHR

skaills plugs into BambooHR via its official REST API. No new systems for your team to operate. No migration. Start getting rigorous assessments and transformation plans on top of the data already in BambooHR.

Three ways to integrate

Pick the depth that fits your needs — start light, grow when ready.

Outbound — skaills enriches BambooHR

Planned

skaills pushes results into BambooHR as custom fields or notes on the employee/candidate record. Examples: candidate completes a skaills evaluation → score and competency profile show up as a custom field in BambooHR Hiring. Employee completes a Growth Plan → summary and next steps appended to their profile. Org AI-Readiness diagnostic → exportable as a report for the HR dashboard.

~1-2 weeks. BambooHR's API is straightforward; the first connector stands up fast.

Bidirectional — BambooHR drives, skaills assesses

Planned

BambooHR is the system of record; skaills plugs in as the assessment + intelligence engine. Examples: BambooHR Hiring opens a position → webhook to skaills → we generate an evaluation link → candidate completes → score flows back to the record. Manager flags an employee in a Performance cycle → we run AI-Readiness and a Growth Plan → results flow back as custom fields.

~4-6 weeks. BambooHR webhooks + custom-field mapping + SSO if applicable.

BambooHR Marketplace — skaills as a partner

Roadmap

Published in the BambooHR Marketplace as a certified integration. One-click install from any BambooHR customer's admin console. Category: Assessment / Talent Intelligence.

3-4 months including BambooHR partner certification and security review.

What this looks like in practice

Concrete flows triggered by events in BambooHR.

Trigger in BambooHR	What skaills does	What flows back to BambooHR
Candidate applies to a position posted in BambooHR Hiring	skaills generates a personalized evaluation link (right profile + sector + level) and sends it	Score + competency profile + recommendation appear as a custom field on the candidate record in BambooHR Hiring
Employee finishes a review cycle in BambooHR Performance	skaills runs competency evaluation + AI-Readiness + Growth Plan	Plan summary, next milestones, and learning recommendations appear as custom fields on their BambooHR profile
BambooHR satisfaction survey closes (eNPS / pulse)	skaills correlates with its multi-dimensional climate survey and generates an action plan	Consolidated engagement report delivered to the HR sponsor, with prioritized recommendations
CHRO requests a 12-month transformation roadmap	skaills generates an Org Transformation Plan with aggregated BambooHR data (structure, headcount, attrition)	CHRO-grade roadmap with capability heatmap, transformation tracks, and 30/90/180/365 KPIs delivered as a skaills dashboard

Technical architecture

The integration uses BambooHR's official REST API. Authentication via a dedicated API key generated in your BambooHR account (scope limited to the necessary endpoints). BambooHR webhooks (when in bidirectional mode) land at a dedicated skaills Cloud Function (`bamboohrWebhook`) with signature verification. skaills never stores the API key outside Google Secret Manager. All skaills-side logic is serverless — no infrastructure for your team to run.

Implementation timeline

Week 1

Kickoff and scope

Week 2

Technical setup

Week 3

Controlled pilot

Week 4

Rollout and handoff

Week 1

Kickoff and scope

Define which flows are in scope (candidates, employees, reviews, surveys) and what data travels. Identify the HR sponsor, the customer-side BambooHR technical owner, and the skaills team.

Deliverable:Signed scope document

Week 2

Technical setup

Generate BambooHR API key, configure custom fields where skaills scores will appear, first E2E test with a synthetic candidate.

Deliverable:E2E test passing with synthetic data

Week 3

Controlled pilot

Activate with a real recruiting team or a manager and their team. 5-10 real candidates/employees complete the flow. We monitor completion, latency, score quality, satisfaction.

Deliverable:Pilot report with real metrics

Week 4

Rollout and handoff

Roll out to the rest of the organization. Internal documentation for HR and IT. Handoff session. Ongoing support at the agreed cadence.

Deliverable:Integration in production + runbook delivered

For customers with custom flows (non-standard fields, multi-department or multi-country workflows), add 1-2 weeks. For BambooHR Marketplace listing, add ~3 additional months.

Security & compliance

skaills operates under least-privilege principles. The BambooHR API key has only the scopes necessary. Data in transit via HTTPS (TLS 1.2+); data at rest encrypted (Firestore native + Cloud Storage at-rest). skaills doesn't export PII outside the tenant region. We meet GDPR requirements when applicable — right-to-erasure and portability. SOC 2 posture inherited from Firebase/GCP; direct SOC 2 Type II certification on the roadmap.

Ready to add the transformation layer to your BambooHR?

We'll scope the integration, set up the technical connection, and have you running in weeks — not months.