# Recruiter
**Company:** [Mercor](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mercor)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $120K-$160K
**Skills:** Ashby, Talent Intelligence, Structured Interviewing, Outbound Sourcing, Applicant Tracking Systems, Metrics Tracking, Technical Recruiting, Data-Driven Recruiting, Process Automation, Rubrics
**Posted:** 2026-02-04
> Owns full-cycle recruiting for operations and other roles, partnering with GMs to build scalable hiring systems using tools like Ashby and Mercor's product. Focuses on technical operators for AI labs, driving metrics, candidate experience, and brand in a fast-growth environment.
## Job Description
## What You’ll Do
- Own full-cycle recruiting (sourcing → close) across a variety of organizations (such as marketing, finance, people ops, with a prominent focus on operations)
- Partner directly with General Managers to map out needs and implement continual process improvements
- Build top-of-funnel using creative outbound, talent intelligence, and Mercor’s own product (structured screens, automated work samples, and calibrated rubrics)
- Coach hiring managers and interviewers 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, you’ll be a face of the brand for an exceptionally competitive talent market
- Collaborate on dashboards, metrics, and process automation within Ashby and other recruiting systems
- Refinement of technical recruiting motion as the Ops org shifts to hire more frequently from technical backgrounds

## What We’re Looking For
- Experience with full-cycle recruiting across IC and leadership roles
- Familiarity with a range of roles, ideally with some mastery of technical roles such as SWEs or FDEs
- Proven ability to build and scale hiring systems, identify key metrics, and make data-driven decisions
- Strong communication skills; able to work efficiently with General Managers, Strategic Project Leads and Mercor’s President
- Confident representing the Mercor brand to top candidates
- Familiarity with **Ashby** or ability to quickly adopt new tools and systems

## Nice to Haves
- Experience as a founding recruiter or early-stage startup builder
- Interest in the human data / AGI space
- Technical recruiting expertise; the Operations org has begun hiring from more technical backgrounds; the ideal candidate will have 2-3 years of tech recruiting experience and will help refine the Ops recruiting motion for technical talent groups

## Compensation & Benefits
- **Base cash comp from $120K-$160k**
- Aggressive quarterly performance bonus structure
- Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
- $15K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area)
- $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
- 401(k) with company match
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