Programming Specialist | Upto $21/hr Remote

Crossing Hurdles is a recruitment firm. We refer top candidates to our partners working with the world’s leading AI research labs to help build and train cutting-edge AI models.

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Role Responsibilities (Training support will be provided):

• Design and implement terminal-based coding challenges for autonomous agents to solve.
• 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 problem difficulty from beginner-level syntax and logic to advanced algorithmic pipelines and systems simulations.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Track record of success in competitive programming contests (e.g., ICPC, Codeforces, LeetCode, AtCoder, HackerRank).
• Strong skills in algorithms, data structures, and systems-level thinking.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, or Go, and comfortable working in terminal-based coding environments.
• Experience designing programming problems that test time complexity, memory constraints, logic correctness, and multi-step reasoning.
• Familiarity with online judge systems, sandboxed environments, or contest infrastructure.
• Interest in AI agents and how they can solve real-world programming tasks.
• Enjoy creating reproducible, progressive challenges and abstracting real-world systems problems into code-based puzzles.

Application Process:

• Submit your resume and relevant competitive programming experience.
• Interview with a focus on your problem design skills and experience with coding challenges.
• Typical application review response time: 3–5 business days.