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Technical Engineer - Problem Setter (Programming ) - Internship

CompanyHackerEarth
LocationBangalore
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJanuary 11, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The role involves creating new programming problems for hackathons and technical assessments, as well as reviewing existing questions for errors. Additionally, the candidate will respond to queries from users and collaborate with the tech documentation team.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
504
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
HackerEarth is the most comprehensive developer assessment software that helps companies to accurately measure the skills of developers during the recruiting process. More than 1000 companies across the globe use HackerEarth to improve the quality of their engineering hires and reduce the time spent by recruiters on screening candidates. Over the years, we have also built a thriving community of 4.5M+ developers that come to HackerEarth to participate in hackathons and coding challenges to assess their skills and compete in the community. P.S. Download our latest ebook on 10 Steps to manage remote teams effectively: http://bit.ly/2VJ2WTy
About the Role
 

HackerEarth is an AI-powered developer assessment software that helps companies to accurately measure a developer’s skills through online coding tests. It takes a skill-based approach to assessment, allowing companies to automatically generate standardized tests based on various skills and then accurately measure the developer’s performance on those skills.

We proudly serve 500+ customers across the globe with many of the fortune 1000 names in the list like Walmart, Amazon, Barclays, GE, Siemens etc. We have assessed more than 1M candidates, support 37 different programming languages, provide 8 different type of assessment techniques and enable assessments across 100+ different skills.

HackerEarth also has a community version of the product that is used by developers all across the globe, to assess their coding skills, become better at it and measure their true potential. They do it by solving coding challenges across different topics/skills and by participating in online competitions/hackathons. We have a thriving community of 6M+ developers.

We are currently looking for an experienced, self-driven, and curious Programming Problem Setter to join our passionate and innovative team. You will have the freedom to provide meaningful insights and explain data models to our clients is appetizing.

At HackerEarth, we also boast of a strong community of Programming enthusiasts who have been nurtured through different initiatives. 

Location: Bangalore (Hybrid) - MUST
Duration: 6 months (Extendable)

Roles and responsibilities

  • Problem setting team at HackerEarth creates new questions for public/private hackathons/challenges and for our technical assessment product
  • Create problems around data structures, algorithms, maths across various difficulty levels.
  • Create real-life programming questions and test problems created by other problem setters.
  • Test problems created by other problem setters
  • Review HackeEarth's existing question bank for technical errors (if any) and ensure that they follow suitable guidelines
  • Add code stub (partial codes) to code editor of the problems which helps candidates to focus on writing the logic part for solving that particular problem rather than syntax
  • Respond to queries/suggestions/issues from candidates solving problems on HackerEarth platform.
  • Work closely with the tech doc team to remove context or grammar ambiguities from questions.

 Required skills

  • Excellent knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and maths.
  • Excellent profile on some of the online judges (HackerEarth, HackerRank, Codeforces, Codechef, SPOJ etc.)
  • Candidates with experience in creating or testing problems for online Judges will be preferred.

We would love to hear from you if you like to code/hack in your spare time and have a knack for optimization. If you’re looking for an outstanding opportunity that you can really make your own, we would love to hear from you. In return you can look forward to being part of one of the coolest and fastest growing startups in the country offering outstanding professional growth and a healthy work culture.


 
Key Skills
Data StructuresAlgorithmsMathematicsProblem SettingCodingOptimization
Categories
TechnologySoftwareEducation