Mercor
Technical Recruiter
$160K–$250K
New York City · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 31, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting.
About the job
Owns full-cycle technical recruiting and builds hiring systems for Mercor’s engineering organization as the company scales.
What you'll do
- Recruit across software, machine learning, research, infrastructure, security, and leadership roles; source and close candidates.
- Partner with engineering leaders on hiring plans, role definitions, assessments, interview processes, and offer strategy.
- Track recruiting metrics, improve hiring operations and candidate experience, and build Mercor’s brand with technical talent.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, ideally in high-growth or deep-tech environments.
- Deep familiarity with technical roles, including SWE, MLE, Research, Applied AI, Security, Infrastructure, and TLM.
- Track record sourcing and closing passive candidates for high-bar IC and leadership roles; ability to build hiring systems and use data to make decisions.
- Fluency with structured interviewing, competency rubrics, and recruiting analytics; strong stakeholder communication.
Nice to have
- Experience as a founding technical recruiter or early-stage builder; hiring ML researchers or research engineers at an AI lab.
- Interest in the human data / AGI space; a technical degree or professional engineering experience.
Pay
$160K – $250K (base salary)
Tools
Ashby
AI focus
Recruits for AI-related technical roles, including machine learning, research, and Applied AI.
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