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Recruiting from Scratch · 20 hours ago

Tech Lead Manager

positionSan Francisco Bay Area
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level
money$180K/yr - $500K/yr
date6+ years exp

Recruiting from Scratch is seeking a Tech Lead Manager to join Mercor, a rapidly growing startup revolutionizing AI model training. The role involves a mix of hands-on coding and engineering leadership, focusing on building scalable backend systems and mentoring a high-performing engineering team.

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Responsibilities

Split your time 50% hands-on coding and 50% engineering leadership
Write, ship, and review high-quality production code across backend systems (Python/Django or similar)
Lead technical design, architecture, and system scalability across teams
Mentor and grow a distributed team of high-performing engineers
Hire rapidly across geographies and build lightweight, high-velocity processes
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Ops, and Data to deliver business-critical outcomes
Translate technical strategy into measurable business impact
Build evaluation frameworks and reinforcement learning environments powering AI training

Qualification

PythonDjangoTechnical leadershipSystem scalabilityBackend experienceCommunicatorMentoringCollaboration

Required

6+ years in software engineering, including team leadership and IC-level contributions
Strong backend experience (Python/Django or similar)
Proven record of shipping in production and scaling teams in high-growth settings
Excellent communicator — able to explain technical trade-offs in business terms
Thrives in chaos, brings structure without bureaucracy

Preferred

Background in startups or hypergrowth companies preferred
Familiarity with LLM internals, fine-tuning, or evaluation frameworks is a plus

Benefits

Full healthcare coverage + unlimited PTO
$20K relocation bonus + housing stipend (if moving to SF HQ)
Free Equinox membership + $1K/month meal stipend
Office perks + career acceleration in a hypergrowth startup

Company

Recruiting from Scratch

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A recruiting agency working with technology companies to help them hire software engineers, data roles, product managers, and hardware.
dateFounded in 2021
location
Albany, New York, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://www.recruitingfromscratch.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage

Leadership Team

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Will Sanders
Founder / CEO
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Tom Callahan
Managing Partner, Retained Executive Search
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