Competitive Programming Specialist - India

We are hiring a Competitive Programming Specialist to create terminal bench–style problems and tasks involving agents within a competitive programming environment, as part of a hiring effort for its AI lab partner building advanced agent-based infrastructure. This role is ideal for coders with a strong background in algorithmic thinking, problem design, and hands-on experience with competitive programming platforms. You'll be developing interactive, terminal-based challenges that test the problem-solving capabilities of autonomous agents in real-time coding scenarios.

• Have a track record of success in competitive programming contests (e.g., ICPC, Codeforces, LeetCode, AtCoder, HackerRank).
• Possess strong skills in algorithms, data structures, and systems-level thinking.
• Are proficient in Python, C++, or Go, and comfortable working in terminal-based coding environments.
• Can design programming problems that test time complexity, memory constraints, logic correctness, and multi-step reasoning.
• Have experience with online judge systems, sandboxed environments, or contest infrastructure.
• Are curious about AI agents and interested in how agents can solve real-world programming tasks.
• Enjoy creating reproducible, progressive challenges and can abstract real-world systems problems into code-based puzzles.
  

To create terminal bench–style problems and tasks where autonomous agents are challenged to solve competitive programming problems in a live, terminal-driven environment. These tasks will test agent performance across algorithmic domains — such as graph theory, dynamic programming, greedy techniques, and real-time debugging — and serve as a benchmark for reasoning, adaptability, and correctness under constraints.

• Design and implement terminal-based coding challenges for agents to solve autonomously.
• Build a sandboxed, judge-like environment that runs test cases, checks correctness, and monitors time/memory usage.
• Simulate real-world competitive conditions: limited time, incremental hints, multiple submissions, etc.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to define reward functions, failure conditions, and difficulty tiers.
• Develop tooling for benchmark resets, output validation, and scenario generation.
• Evolve the difficulty of problems from beginner-level syntax and logic to advanced algorithmic pipelines and systems simulations.
  

• Define a new generation of programming benchmarks built specifically for AI agents.
• Blend algorithmic design, problem solving, and systems-level realism in one role.
• Work on uncharted challenges that push the boundaries of what agents can understand and execute.
  

• You’ll be classified as an hourly contractor.
• Paid weekly via Stripe Connect, based on hours logged.
• Part-time (20 hrs/week) with fully remote, async flexibility — work from anywhere, on your own schedule.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.