Technical Recruiter

Mercors mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. Were 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. Mercors APEX benchmark family measures AIs 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. Youll 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.

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

• Were 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 youll 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 Mercors 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 youll be a face of the brand for top technical candidates.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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