Recruiter, Deeptune Environments

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 DEEPTUNE Deeptune is an RL environments lab within Mercor that builds training gyms for AI agents: high-fidelity simulations where AI learns to perform real-world tasks through reinforcement learning. We work with the leading AI labs to help them train the next generation of agentic models, and our environments have already contributed to recent breakthroughs in computer use, code generation, and multi-step task completion. ABOUT THE ROLE As a Recruiter, you'll own full-cycle hiring for critical roles across a range of organizations, with a particular focus on Deeptune Environments. You'll report to Deeptune's Head of Talent and partner with hiring managers to translate ambiguous needs into clear search strategies. We're looking for an NYC-based talent hire to join us five days a week at our new office in the heart of the Financial District. This is a high-ownership role for someone with strong agency, comfortable making decisions with incomplete information, and able to build processes that hold up under pressure. You'll work directly with General Managers to identify high performers who go on to support the world's leading AI labs and play an instrumental role in scaling one of the fastest-growing companies. This is a true 0→1 motion and an opportunity to lay the foundation for the future of recruiting at Mercor. 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 with b 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 Deeptune and 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 - Proven ability to build and scale hiring systems, identify key metrics, and make data-driven decisions - High motor, outcome-oriented approach; Mercor is in hypergrowth, and hiring is viewed as a key strategic driver of that growth - Strong communication skills; able to work efficiently with General Managers, Account Leads, and internal leadership - Familiarity with a range of…