Technical Recruiter

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About Mercor

Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.

About the Role

As a Technical Recruiter at Mercor, you’ll own full-cycle hiring across critical technical functions, partnering directly with the VP of Engineering, CTO, and engineering leadership. You’ll play a foundational role in shaping our engineering organization as we scale one of the fastest-growing companies in the world.

What You’ll Do

• We’re looking for our first NYC-based talent hire to join us 5 days a week at our stunning new office in the heart of the Financial District, providing a central home for our growing team.

• As our inaugural talent team member in NYC, you’ll operate from our beautiful downtown office, making a direct impact and helping shape our culture as we scale.

• Own full-cycle recruiting (sourcing → close) across software, machine learning, infrastructure, and leadership roles.

• Partner directly with VP of Engineering, CTO, and Engineering Managers to define headcount plans, hiring bar, and process improvements.

• Build top-of-funnel using creative outbound, talent intelligence, and Mercor’s own product (structured screens, automated work samples, and calibrated rubrics).

• Design assessments that predict on-the-job performance and improve signal quality.

• Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing, leveling, and decision hygiene.

• Operationalize hiring systems: track and optimize key funnel metrics (pass-through rates, time-in-stage, source yield).

• Champion speed and quality: drive SLAs for same-day debriefs, fast offers, and strong candidate experience.

• Build brand: campaigns, referrals, and events that attract top engineers and operators.

• Represent Mercor externally, you’ll be a face of the brand for top technical candidates.

• Collaborate on dashboards, metrics, and process automation within Ashby and other recruiting systems.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience with full-cycle recruiting across IC and leadership roles.

• Deep familiarity with technical roles: SWE, MLE, Applied AI, Security, Infrastructure, and TLM.

• Proven ability to build and scale hiring systems, identify key metrics, and make data-driven decisions.

• Strong communication skills; able to work efficiently with the VP of Engineering, CTO, engineering leadership, and cross-functional teams.

• Confident representing the Mercor brand to top candidates.

• Familiarity with Ashby or ability to quickly adopt new tools and systems.

Nice to Haves

• Experience as a founding technical recruiter or early-stage startup builder.

• Interest in the human data / AGI space.

• Technical degree or professional experience in engineering.

Compensation & Benefits

• Bi-annual performance bonus structure

• Generous equity grant vested over 4 years

• Up to $15k Relocation bonus

• $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)

• $1.5K monthly stipend for meals

• Free Equinox membership

• $200 monthly laundry reimbursement

• $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement

• Health, Dental, Vision insurance

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