6 days ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Responsibilities
- Write original algorithmic problems with clear statements, sound constraints, and intended solutions.
- Write correct solutions in C++ and Python.
- Create realistic incorrect solutions representing common mistakes.
- Build generators, edge cases, stress tests, and hacking tests.
- Write testlib checkers and interactors for problems with multiple valid answers.
- Validate that correct solutions pass and incorrect solutions fail within time limits.
Requirements
- Strong competitive-programming background demonstrated by a public profile, Codeforces rating, or IOI, ICPC, or national-olympiad achievement.
- Fluent contest C++ knowledge, including STL and complexity analysis.
- Comfort writing Python.
- Ability to explain why solutions are incorrect and construct inputs that expose errors.
- Strong written English at the C1+ level.
- Applicants should provide competitive-programming handles and ratings, problem-setting experience, and IOI, ICPC, or olympiad history.
Benefits
- Remote, part-time freelance work.
- Project-based participation rather than permanent employment.
- Estimated workload of 10–20 hours per week during active project phases, with no guaranteed workload.
- Paid per accepted task, with rates depending on qualification tier and efficiency.
- Potential effective compensation of up to $90 per hour equivalent.
