Technical Recruiter

Wwshemi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bi-annual bonus

Equity grant

Relocation bonus

Housing stipend

Meals stipend

Laundry reimbursement

Wellness reimbursement

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

Mercor is hiring a Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle hiring for software, ML, research, infrastructure, security, and leadership roles. You will partner with engineering leadership to plan headcount, define outcomes, and raise the hiring bar while building a robust talent pipeline and a strong candidate experience.

You will source, assess, and close passive high-bar candidates, design predictive assessments, and coach managers on structured interviewing.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• Deep familiarity with SWE, MLE, Research, Applied AI, Security, Infrastructure and TLM roles.
• Proven track record sourcing and closing passive high-bar IC and leadership candidates.
• Ability to build and scale hiring systems with data-driven decisions.
• Fluency with structured interviewing and recruiting analytics.
• Strong communication skills with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across software, ML, research, infrastructure, security, and leadership roles.
• Partner with VP of Engineering, CTO, and Engineering Managers to define headcount plans and hiring bar.
• Build top-of-funnel via passive outreach, referrals, events, and Mercor product-based screens and rubrics.
• Source and close high-bar candidates; lead with compelling narrative and negotiate offers aligned to leveling and market data.
• Design assessments predicting on-the-job performance and calibrate rubrics.
• Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing, leveling, and decision hygiene.
• Operate hiring systems; track pass-through, time-in-stage, yield; report metrics weekly and quarterly.
• Drive SLA for same-day debriefs and fast offers; maintain strong candidate experience.
• Maintain a bench of high-potential talent for critical roles; build Mercor brand with campaigns and events.
• Collaborate on dashboards, metrics, and automation in Ashby and other systems.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Tech roles know-how

SWE/ML/Research

Sourcing passive candidates

Data-driven decisions

Recruiting analytics

Ashby familiarity

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Ashby

Job description

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

• Own full-cycle recruiting across software, machine learning, research, infrastructure, security, and leadership roles.
• Partner directly with the VP of Engineering, CTO, and Engineering Managers to define headcount plans, role outcomes, success profiles, and the hiring bar. Prioritize reqs against business goals.
• Build top-of-funnel through targeted passive outreach, talent intelligence, referrals, events, and Mercor’s own product (structured screens, automated work samples, and calibrated rubrics).
• Source and close passive, high-bar candidates. Lead with a compelling narrative, handle objections, and drive offer strategy and negotiations aligned to leveling, comp bands, and market data.
• Design assessments that predict on-the-job performance. Define competencies, calibrate rubrics, and keep raising signal quality.
• Coach hiring managers and interviewers on structured interviewing, leveling, and decision hygiene.
• Operationalize hiring systems. Track and optimize pass-through rates, time-in-stage, source yield, and diversity signals, and report weekly and quarterly with clear metrics and narrative.
• Champion speed and quality: drive SLAs for same-day debriefs and fast offers, and maintain a consistently strong candidate experience.
• Maintain a mapped bench of high-potential talent for critical and future roles.
• Build Mercor’s brand with top technical talent through campaigns, content, communities, and events. You’ll be a face of Mercor for the engineers and researchers we want most.
• Partner on dashboards, metrics, and process automation in Ashby and other recruiting systems.

What We're Looking For

• 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, ideally in high-growth or deep-tech environments.
• Deep familiarity with technical roles: SWE, MLE, Research, Applied AI, Security, Infrastructure, and TLM.
• A proven track record of sourcing and closing passive candidates for high-bar IC and leadership roles.
• Demonstrated ability to build and scale hiring systems, identify the right metrics, and make data-driven decisions.
• Fluency with structured interviewing, competency rubrics, and recruiting analytics.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders, including the VP of Engineering, the CTO, and cross-functional leaders, at pace.
• Commitment to inclusive hiring and an excellent candidate experience.
• Familiarity with Ashby, or the ability to pick up new tools quickly.

Nice to Haves

• Experience as a founding technical recruiter or early-stage builder.
• Experience hiring ML researchers or research engineers at an AI lab.
• Interest in the human data / AGI space.
• A technical degree or professional engineering experience.

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
• $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
• $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
• Health, Dental, Vision insurance