Competitive Programming Expert

What you'll do

The ad is two sentences long, so the work itself is thinly described. What it says: this is a research project run in collaboration with a leading AI lab, the position is remote and flexible, and it takes 10 to 20 hours a week. It does not say whether you will write problems, solve them, or grade model solutions, and it does not name the lab.

Who fits

AfterQuery asks for exceptional competitive programmers, and names the bar directly:

• Top 1% LeetCode users
• ICPC Nationals participants
• Codeforces Master rating
• USACO Gold

Any one of these appears to be the kind of credential the project looks for, though the ad does not say whether you need to meet one or all of them.

What it pays

The board shows $45/hr, and the ad text gives no range, so that is the only figure. Payment terms are not published on the listing. That is a modest rate for a tier of credential this high; the same board pays $100 or more for several research-style engineering roles.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Work aimed squarely at people with contest-level skills
• Flexible, remote hours (10 to 20 a week)

Less good:

• The task type, the lab and the payment terms are all unstated
• $45/hr is low next to AfterQuery's other expert-level engineering roles
• Ask what the work involves before you spend time on the assessment

About this listing

Read from the AfterQuery Experts board on 18 October 2026 (posted 19 February 2026, still open). The listing does not publish its payment terms. AfterQuery's help centre describes an unpaid, one-attempt assessment and ID verification for its expert pools. See AfterQuery.