Senior Technical Recruiter – Engineering
Mercury
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $146,700 - $183,400 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering roles, from kick-off to close
- Build and maintain strong, healthy pipelines across multiple roles simultaneously
- Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, partnering with them to drive the best hiring outcomes for their teams
- Source candidates proactively and creatively to engage top technical talent
- Develop a deep understanding of Mercury’s products, engineering challenges, and team needs
- Use data and pattern recognition to identify bottlenecks, diagnose issues, and unblock hiring processes independently
- Partner closely with Engineering leaders to align on role scope, success profiles, and evaluation criteria - and be a consistent voice for quality throughout the process
- Mentor and support other recruiters, helping raise the bar for the team
- Deliver a candidate experience that's thoughtful and transparent from first touch to final decision
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience as a technical recruiter supporting engineering teams
- Experience hiring for AI/ML-related roles
- Strong sourcing skills that go beyond LinkedIn Recruiter
- Ability to quickly identify patterns, anticipate problems, and autonomously drive solutions
- Deep curiosity about the products and teams you support, and a strong understanding of how the roles you hire for drive impact
- Strong alignment with Mercury’s values and ability to represent them authentically to candidates
- Enjoy building diverse, inclusive, and high-performing teams, and lead with deep empathy, kindness, and care for the work you do
- Have a strong sense of urgency and ownership for the work you do, and be willing to help support hiring efforts across other areas of the business, as needed
Benefits
- base salary
- equity (stock options)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
technical recruitingsourcing skillsAI rolesML rolesdata analysispattern recognitioncandidate experiencehiring processesevaluation criteriapipeline management
Soft Skills
trusted advisormentoringempathykindnesscuriosityownershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvinginclusivity