At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- San Francisco
About Mercor
- Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're 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. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's 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. 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.
About the role
- The Ops Recruiter will own full-cycle hiring for critical roles across various organizations, with a primary focus on the Delivery team.
- This role involves partnering with General Managers and Account Leads to scale the company by identifying high-performing operators.
- The position is a 0→1 opportunity to build and refine the future of recruiting infrastructure at a fast-growing AI company.
Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing to closing across marketing, finance, people ops, and operations.
- Partner with business leaders to map out hiring needs and implement process improvements.
- Build top-of-funnel pipelines using creative outbound, talent intelligence, and internal product tools.
- Coach hiring managers and interviewers on structured interviewing, leveling, and decision hygiene.
- Operationalize hiring systems by tracking and optimizing key funnel metrics.
- Drive SLAs for same-day debriefs, fast offers, and candidate experience.
- Execute branding campaigns, referrals, and events to attract top talent.
- Represent the Mercor brand externally in a competitive talent market.
- Collaborate on dashboards, metrics, and process automation within recruiting systems.
- Refine technical recruiting motions as the operations organization shifts toward more technical hires.
Requirements
- Experience with full-cycle recruiting across individual contributor and leadership roles.
- Proven ability to build and scale hiring systems, identify key metrics, and make data-driven decisions.
- High motor, outcome-oriented approach suitable for a hypergrowth environment.
- Strong communication skills for working with General Managers, Account Leads, and internal leadership.
- Familiarity with a range of roles, with emphasis on GTM, Strategy, and Operations.
- Familiarity with Ashby or ability to quickly adopt new recruiting tools and systems.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience as a founding recruiter or early-stage startup builder.
- Interest in the human data / AGI space.
- Technical recruiting expertise.
Benefits
- $15K relocation bonus for moving to the Bay Area
- $10K housing bonus for living within 0.5 miles of the office
- $1.5K monthly meal stipend
- Free Equinox membership
- $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
- $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
Workplace
- In-person five days a week in the San Francisco office.
Skills
- Ashby
- Full-cycle Recruiting
- Technical Recruiting
- Process Automation
- Structured Interviewing
