Mercor
Technical Recruiter
New York City
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 15 days ago
Machine LearningOutbound SalesRecruitingLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- You'll play a foundational role in shaping our engineering organization as we scale one of the fastest-growing companies in the world.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- Collaborate on dashboards, metrics, and process automation within Ashby and other recruiting systems.
Requirements
- Experience with full-cycle recruiting across IC and leadership roles.
- Familiarity with Ashby or ability to quickly adopt new tools and systems.
- Experience as a founding technical recruiter or early-stage startup builder.
- Technical degree or professional experience in engineering.
Compensation
- Bi-annual performance bonus structure
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
- Own full-cycle recruiting (sourcing → close) across software, machine learning, infrastructure, and leadership roles.
Company info
- by sharing knowledge, experience, and context that can't be captured in code alone.
- Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $3 million a day.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy.
This listing is sourced directly from Mercor's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.