Mercor

Recruiting Operations

San Francisco. Posted 8 months ago

The role

You will serve as the operational backbone for the engineering hiring engine. You will partner with technical recruiters to own infrastructure, systems, candidate experience, analytics, and process rigor.

What you will do

  • Drive scheduling and coordination across screens, take-homes, onsites, debriefs, and offers.
  • Ensure interview loops are structured, calibrated, and frictionless.
  • Maintain ATS hygiene and candidate tracking.
  • Identify bottlenecks and unblock processes.
  • Collaborate with a technical recruiter to co-own requisitions.
  • Participate in intake discussions, funnel diagnostics, and prioritization.
  • Design and implement lifecycle improvements across screening and workflows.
  • Run pilots on new interview formats, tooling, or automation.
  • Monitor conversion rates, scheduling velocity, and pipeline health.
  • Maintain dashboards and structured reporting for hiring syncs.

Required qualifications

  • 1-4 years of experience in recruiting coordination, recruiting operations, talent ops, or high-volume scheduling roles.
  • Exceptional organizational rigor and attention to detail.
  • Strong systems thinker.
  • Comfort managing multiple fast-moving requisitions simultaneously.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret funnel data.
  • Clear, professional written and verbal communication.
  • Experience working closely with recruiters or hiring managers in a high-growth environment.
  • High ownership mentality.

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting engineering or technical hiring.
  • Familiarity with ATS systems and automation tools.
  • Experience running process experiments or pilots.

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
  • Free Equinox membership
  • $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
  • $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
  • Health, Dental, Vision insurance

About the company

Mercor builds infrastructure that enables frontier AI labs and enterprises to train, evaluate, and improve AI on real-world professional work. The company is profitable and recently raised a $750 million Series D at a $20 billion valuation.

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