@PereViki has designed for NASA, HP, and Stanley Black & Decker. Her latest Topcoder project has no name on it - but you’ll use it every time you open a challenge: our new Design System. Eight years, nearly every role in the community. Thank you, Viki. Full story below👇

Marathon Match 167 is complete. Congratulations to the winners! New member [junliang37] takes 1st on debut, [hitonanode] @rsat__m takes 2nd after time away, and TCO10 Final Champion, [wata] @wata_orz returns in 3rd. Full top 10 in the image. Thanks to everyone who competed.

You can prototype an AI agent. So can most people. But can you take it to production? We just launched a challenge to find out. Step in as the FDE on a telecom’s Gemini-based support system and make it production-ready. Register now - link in the comments.

We’re hiring a Databricks Engineer. 52 weeks · remote · immediate start. Build and own production pipelines - Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake, Azure DevOps, Unity Catalog. Countries: Brazil/Mexico, or UK/US on US hours. Apply - link below. #Databricks #DataEngineering

Marathon Match 167 is live. A word game on an N×N grid. Place words from the dictionary, build off what's on the board, and route through the bonus cells for more points - or discard tiles and take the penalty. Closes October 14, 2:00 AM EST. Register - link in the comments.

Most AI planning tools just produce a task list. This one asks for more: an app that decides how each piece of work should get built - a specialist, a challenge, or a dedicated team - and explains why. If that's your kind of problem, join in. Link in the comments.

You didn't lose points on what you built. You lost them on what the reviewer couldn't see. They score what's in front of them,the code, the README, the demo. Whatever lives only in your head earns nothing. The best solution a reviewer can see and verify, it’s the one that wins.

We rebuilt the entire foundation of Topcoder.com. The goal wasn't a new look. It was to change everything underneath. Off Netlify and Contentful, onto our own AWS stack and a self-hosted Payload CMS. Faster, more resilient, more secure. Link in the comments.

The forward-deployed engineer is the most in-demand role in AI right now - and the hardest to hire for. Here are the 10 skills that actually matter 👇 Notice how few are about writing code. #Topcoder #AICareers

New challenge: build an AI Deal Scoping Assistant. Messy customer requirements go in - RFPs, call notes, emails. A structured proposal comes out: cloud architecture, delivery estimate, all traceable. AI does the heavy lifting, you keep it honest. Register-link in the comments.