Crossing Hurdles

About the Company

At Crossing Hurdles, we specialise in customised recruitment and staffing solutions designed to drive success for businesses and professionals. Our focus is on connecting organisations with top-tier talent by sourcing, screening, and presenting only the top 1% of candidates across a wide range of industries. We work closely with clients to understand their unique needs, ensuring that we find candidates who not only fit the role but also align with their organizational culture. Over the past few quarters, we've successfully partnered with leading companies such as Angel One, Ixigo, Turing, Cars24, Veera, ABP Network, Battery Smart, Zavya, and Twin Engineers. Our expertise spans various sectors, including Tech, Product, Sales, Customer Support, Growth, Finance, and Marketing. At Crossing Hurdles, our mission is to help organizations thrive by matching them with exceptional talent while simultaneously enabling candidates to find opportunities that foster long-term career growth and development.

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Company Name

Crossing Hurdles

Job Title

Software Engineer – Code Review (Rust) | $85/hr Remote

Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineer – Code Review (Rust) Role Summary: Conduct thorough code reviews for AI system codebases, focusing on Rust. Audit GitHub issues, pull requests, and test cases to ensure high-quality, bug-free contributions. Support AI model evaluation by providing expert analysis and actionable feedback. Expectations: - Deliver accurate, detailed review reports within agreed timelines. - Identify and document bugs, security vulnerabilities, and performance issues. - Collaborate with developers to recommend and validate fixes. - Maintain consistent review standards across multiple projects. Key Responsibilities: - Review and assess pull requests and GitHub issues for Rust code. - Verify unit, integration, and CI/CD test coverage and results. - Validate code against project style guides and best practices. - Escalate critical defects to maintainers and suggest remediation steps. - Track review metrics and contribute to process improvement initiatives. - Mentor junior reviewers on review techniques and tooling. Required Skills: - Strong proficiency in Rust programming language. - Extensive experience reviewing large-scale, collaborative codebases on Git/GitHub. - Proven record of contributing to or maintaining open-source Rust projects. - Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, unit testing, integration testing, and automated quality gates. - Ability to interpret complex issue reports and pull request discussions. - Excellent communication skills for documenting findings and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience). - No mandatory certifications, but familiarity with industry-standard tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Rust tooling, CI/CD platforms) is required.

United kingdom

Remote

07-09-2025

Company Name

Crossing Hurdles

Job Title

Prompt Engineer | $45/hr Remote

Job Description

**Job Title** Prompt Engineer / Tool Use Expert – AI Trainer **Role Summary** Provide expert review and calibration of AI model interactions, ensuring appropriate use of search tools and high‑quality query rewrites. Deliver concise rationales, score query effectiveness, and identify rubric gaps to refine training data for cutting‑edge AI systems. **Expectations** - Complete tasks independently with minimal oversight. - Maintain high inter‑rater agreement and throughput targets. - Deliver timely, evidence‑based feedback and documentation. **Key Responsibilities** 1. Review model interaction logs to determine if invoking the search tool was warranted given the initial prompt and context. 2. Evaluate rewritten search queries for clarity, specificity, and fidelity to user intent. 3. Provide concise, rubric‑aligned rationales; flag edge cases, ambiguities, and sensitive content. 4. Score query quality on intent capture, keyword selection, operator use, and tool‑use timing. 5. Calibrate decisions against gold examples; surface rubric gaps and propose improvements. 6. Track decisions in a task portal, ensuring accurate record‑keeping and reporting. **Required Skills** - Excellent written communication and concise justification writing. - Strong attention to detail and independent work ethic. - Familiarity with annotation tools (preferred). - Basic scripting knowledge in Python or SQL (preferred). - Multilingual proficiency (preferred). **Required Education & Certifications** - Minimum bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Linguistics, Data Science, or related field (or equivalent professional experience). - No mandatory certifications required.

United states

Remote

14-09-2025

Company Name

Crossing Hurdles

Job Title

Data Annotator | $45/hr Remote

Job Description

**Job Title:** Data Annotator / AI Trainer **Role Summary:** Support AI research labs by annotating data, evaluating tool use, and training AI systems through meticulous annotation and quality scoring. Focus on query evaluation, decision calibration, and content safety. Remote position with flexible hours (10-40 hrs/week) for 1-2 months. **Expectations:** - High written communication to justify decisions with rubric references. - Independent, detail-oriented work requiring minimal supervision. - Proficiency in critical analysis of AI model interactions and query logic. **Key Responsibilities:** - Review model interaction logs to assess tool-invocation appropriateness. - Evaluate rewritten search queries for clarity, specificity, and user-intent alignment. - Provide evidence-based rationales for ratings, labeling edge cases/ambiguities. - Score query quality (intent capture, keyword use, timing) and tool-performance metrics. - Calibrate ratings against benchmark examples, identifying rubric gaps and proposing updates. - Document decisions in task portals to meet throughput and inter-rater accuracy targets. - Flag content violating safety guidelines per provided protocols. **Required Skills:** - Strong written communication and decision-justification capabilities. - Meticulous attention to detail in data labeling and evaluation. - Ability to analyze and interpret AI system behavior and user intent. **Required Education & Certifications:** Not specified. **Additional Preferred Skills (Non-Required):** Familiarity with annotation tools, Python/SQL scripting, multilingual proficiency.

United states

Remote

14-09-2025

Company Name

Crossing Hurdles

Job Title

Writer | Upto $50/hr Remote

Job Description

Job Title: Writer Role Summary: Supports AI research projects by contributing to creative writing, companionship, and presentation tasks. Evaluates AI-generated content for quality and provides feedback to refine model performance. Expectations: Hourly contract, ongoing with long-term potential. Requires 20-40 hours/week. Key Responsibilities: - Contribute to AI research projects across creative writing, companionship, and presentation domains. - Evaluate AI-generated content creativity, originality, empathy, and clarity. - Provide structured feedback to improve AI model performance. - Apply critical thinking and writing expertise to diverse tasks. - Work independently with asynchronous coordination. Required Skills: - Strong English proficiency (written and spoken). - Excellent writing, communication, and analytical abilities. - Attention to detail and consistent judgment in evaluating content. - Reliability and time management in remote work environments. Required Education & Certifications: Not specified.

Canada

Remote

18-09-2025