Competitive Programming Problem Designer for AI Testing

Mindrift; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 47,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. Participation is project-based, not permanent employment.

You will create competitive programming problems, write correct and incorrect solutions in C++ and Python, and design strong test cases, checkers, and validators to ensure high-quality training data.

Qualifications

• Strong competitive programming background evidenced by public profile or IOI/ICPC/national-olympiad results.
• Fluent contest C++ (STL) and comfortable with Python.
• Ability to explain why a solution is wrong and craft test cases that break it.
• Experience with testlib or similar checker/validator expertise is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Write original algorithmic problems with clear statements and constraints.
• Create correct solutions in C++ and Python; craft realistic wrong solutions for testing.
• Develop robust test cases, including generators, edge cases, stress tests, and hacking tests.
• Build checkers/interactors (testlib) for problems with multiple valid answers.
• Ensure the quality bar: correct solutions pass, wrong ones fail within time limits.

Skills

Competitive programming background

C++ (STL)

Python

English proficiency (C1+)

Tools

Testlib

Job description

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. Participation is project-based, not permanent employment.

You will create competitive programming problems, write correct and incorrect solutions in C++ and Python, and design strong test cases, checkers, and validators to ensure high-quality training data.