Algorithmic Problem Setter & Test-Case Architect

Mindrift; Michigan; On-site; USD 74,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems.

We are building competitive-programming problems and their automatic graders. You'll create problems, write correct and deliberately-wrong solutions, and design the tough test cases that catch subtly-broken code. Your work is what makes the training signal trustworthy.

Qualifications

• Strong competitive programming background, shown by a public profile.
• Fluent contest C++ (STL, complexity); comfortable writing Python.
• Can explain why a solution is wrong and build an input that breaks it.
• Strong written English (C1+).

Responsibilities

• Write original algorithmic problems — clear statement, sound constraints, an intended solution;
• Write correct solutions in C++ and Python;
• Write realistic wrong solutions (common mistakes) to test against;
• Build and harden test cases: generators, edge cases, stress and "hacking" tests;
• Write checkers/interactors (testlib) for problems with more than one valid answer;
• Confirm the quality bar: correct solutions pass, wrong ones fail, within time limits.

Skills

Competitive programming

C++ (STL)

Python

Problem setting

English writing

Tools

Testlib

Job description

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems.

We are building competitive-programming problems and their automatic graders. You'll create problems, write correct and deliberately-wrong solutions, and design the tough test cases that catch subtly-broken code. Your work is what makes the training signal trustworthy.