About the RoleYou'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 DoOwn 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- 2-5 years of experience in recruiting coordination, recruiting operations, talent ops, or high-volume scheduling roles.
- Experience with Ashby
- 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
