Technical Recruiter, AI/ML & Research Talent

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus

Housing stipend

Meals stipend

Wellness reimbursement

Health benefits

Equity

Job summary

Mercor in New York City is seeking a Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle hiring across software, ML, research, and infrastructure. You’ll partner directly with the VP of Engineering, CTO, and leaders to plan headcount, define outcomes, and raise the hiring bar.

Build top-of-funnel pipelines, design assessments, and drive offers with competitive packages. This role emphasizes structured interviewing, data-driven decisions, and a strong candidate experience, with relocation and equity

Qualifications

• 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting in high-growth or deep-tech environments.
• Deep familiarity with technical roles: SWE, MLE, Research, Applied AI, Security, Infrastructure.
• 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 metrics, and make data-driven decisions.
• Fluency with structured interviewing, competency rubrics, and recruiting analytics.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Technical recruiting

SWE

ML/AI talent

Leadership hiring

Candidate experience

Tools

Ashby

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Mercor in New York City is seeking a Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle hiring across software, ML, research, and infrastructure. You’ll partner directly with the VP of Engineering, CTO, and leaders to plan headcount, define outcomes, and raise the hiring bar.

Build top-of-funnel pipelines, design assessments, and drive offers with competitive packages. This role emphasizes structured interviewing, data-driven decisions, and a strong candidate experience, with relocation and equity