# Recruiting Operations at Mercor Recruiting Operations at Mercor in San Francisco. On-site, full-time, paying $110k–$148k. Posted March 3, 2026. - Company: Mercor - Location: San Francisco - Workplace: On-site - Job type: Full-time - Pay: $110k–$148k - Experience: 1+ year - Posted: 2026-03-03 - Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mercor/60552b99-bf5a-4ccd-ad64-99fd51a83732/application - Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/recruiting-operations-mercor-1f7v3v ## Requirements - 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; you naturally see inefficiencies and redesign them. - Comfort managing multiple fast-moving requisitions simultaneously. - Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret funnel data and identify improvement opportunities. - Clear, professional written and verbal communication. - Experience working closely with recruiters or hiring managers in a high-growth environment. - High ownership mentality; you operate as if the hiring outcomes are yours. ## Description **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** You’ll be the operational backbone behind Mercor’s engineering hiring engine. You will partner directly with at lease one technical recruiter to jointly own a portfolio of requisitions from initial intake through offer and onboarding. In this role, your recruiter partner owns candidate execution and closing; you own the infrastructure, systems, candidate experience, analytics, and process rigor that make high-velocity hiring possible. Together, you operate as a strategic pair responsible for quality, speed, and continuous improvement across your reqs. Our team works 6 days per week (5 days in-office in SF). ### **What You’ll Do** ### **Own End-to-End Recruiting Operations** - Drive scheduling and coordination across screens, take-homes, onsites, debriefs, and offers. - Ensure interview loops are structured, calibrated, and frictionless for both candidates and interviewers. - Maintain pristine ATS hygiene and candidate tracking across every stage. - Proactively identify bottlenecks and unblock processes before they escalate. ### **Partner as a Strategic Recruiting Pair** - Collaborate closely with a dedicated technical recruiter to co-own a set of requisitions. - Participate in intake discussions, funnel diagnostics, and prioritization decisions. - Ensure alignment between sourcing volume, interview capacity, and hiring goals. - Serve as the operational counterweight to recruiter execution. ### **Improve & Implement Process** - Design and implement lifecycle improvements across screening, onsite structure, feedback loops, and offer workflows. - Run pilots on new interview formats, tooling, automation, or candidate experience upgrades. - Standardize documentation, templates, rubrics, and workflows. - Build scalable systems that reduce interviewer load while increasing signal quality. ### **Track Analytics & Funnel Health** - Monitor conversion rates across stages and identify drop-offs. - Analyze scheduling velocity, interviewer bandwidth, and pipeline health. - Surface insights to hiring managers and leadership. - Maintain dashboards and structured reporting for hiring syncs. ### **Elevate Candidate Experience** - Ensure high-touch, thoughtful communication at every stage. - Anticipate logistical friction and resolve it before candidates feel it. - Maintain a consistent, premium experience for senior technical candidates. - Support post-offer touchpoints and onboarding warm-up logistics as needed. ### **Cross-Functional Collaboration** - Work closely with Engineering, interviewers, and leadership to maintain alignment on hiring goals. - Help run hiring syncs, retros, and process audits. - Coordinate across recruiters to ensure consistency across roles and teams. ### **What We’re Looking For** - 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; you naturally see inefficiencies and redesign them. - Comfort managing multiple fast-moving requisitions simultaneously. - Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret funnel data and identify improvement opportunities. - Clear, professional written and verbal communication. - Experience working closely with recruiters or hiring managers in a high-growth environment. - High ownership mentality; you operate as if the hiring outcomes are yours. Bonus: - 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