Software Engineering
Software Engineer
Software engineers turn intent into code that other people rely on, often without ever meeting them. The craft is broader than the languages — Python, Go, Java rotate in and out of fashion — and centers on judgment: which abstraction to introduce, which test to write first, which review comment matters and which is taste dressed up as principle.
AI tools like Copilot and Claude Code accelerate the typing but raise the bar on knowing what to build. Strong engineers care about the people who'll maintain their code in two years, including their future selves.
Students drawn to this path often started building things in high school and never stopped. Growth comes from shipping real systems, taking ownership when they break, and reading code written by people better than you.
US$163,883 median salary in United States¹
- CodeBeginnerNew
Add Constant Folding and Dead Code Elimination to a Toy Compiler
Fork the repo, read the IR specification (3-address code, register-based, documented in /docs/ir.md). Implement constant folding as an IR-to-IR pass: any operation on literal op…
- Intermediate Representation
- Constant Folding
- Dead Code Elimination
Compiler Construction - CodeSeniorNew
Diagnose Memory Corruption in a Trading-Firm Order Gateway
Read the 8k-line allocator + order-pool code (provided), plus 3 production crash dumps and 14 hours of pre-crash telemetry. Hypothesize root cause (likely candidates: use-after-…
- Cpp Programming
- Manual Memory Management
- Pointers
Imperative and Low-Level Programming - CodeIntermediateNew
Edge-Inference Pipeline for a Smart-Factory Vibration Monitor
Architect a pipeline that runs on an ESP32-S3 + STM32 combo (provided): (1) sample 3-axis accelerometer at 3.2 kHz, (2) compute windowed FFT features on-device every 1s, (3) run…
- Edge Computing
- Embedded Systems
- Sensors And Actuators
Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Build a Performance Model for a Molecular-Dynamics Job
Build an analytical performance model covering: compute time per step (function of atom count + cutoff + interaction type), inter-rank communication cost (function of decomposit…
- Performance Modeling
- Gromacs
- Benchmark Design
High-Performance and Scientific Computing Practice your coursework on real scenarios.
Every challenge is shaped from real-world context — not generic exercises. The work mirrors what your degree prepares you for.
Why Ewance
- CodeBeginnerNew
Shortest-Path Routing for a Bike-Share Operator
Receive the graph (nodes with lat/lon/elevation, edges with length and slope) and 50 origin-destination test pairs. Implement Dijkstra's algorithm with a custom edge-weight func…
- Graph Algorithms
- Dijkstra
- Algorithm Analysis
Algorithm Design and Analysis - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Differential Expression Pipeline for an RNA-Seq Drug Discovery Run
Build a Snakemake pipeline running: fastp trimming, salmon quantification against a provided GENCODE reference, tximport for gene-level summarization, DESeq2 differential testin…
- Bioinformatics
- Computational Genomics
- Differential Expression
Computational Biology and Health Informatics - CodeBeginnerNew
Apply Property-Based Testing to a Currency-Conversion Module
Rewrite the conversion module in F#: use units of measure for currency types, immutable value types for amounts, no floating-point arithmetic (Decimal only). Build property test…
- Fsharp
- Property Based Testing
- Fscheck
Functional Programming - CodeBeginnerNew
Implement a User-Space Shell with Process and Signal Handling
Implement a shell in C (no shell helpers, just POSIX system calls). Required features: read a line, parse it into commands + arguments, handle pipelines with arbitrary chain len…
- System Calls
- Process Management
- Signal Handling
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- CodeIntermediateNew
Compile a Subset of C to WebAssembly
Define a documented C subset: int and bool types, locals, if/else, while, function calls, return. Build a compiler in any host language (TypeScript or Rust preferred) that produ…
- Code Generation
- Webassembly
- Intermediate Representation
Compiler Construction - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Zephyr-Based Sensor Node for Industrial IoT
Set up a Zephyr workspace, configure the device tree for the provided nRF52840 + ADXL355 + custom BLE service. Implement: SPI driver for accelerometer at 4 kHz, on-device 1024-p…
- Zephyr Rtos
- Ble Protocol
- Low Power Design
Embedded Systems Engineering - CodeSeniorNew
PDE Solver for Subsurface Reservoir Flow
Implement MPFA-O discretization for pressure on a tetrahedral mesh with explicit fault transmissibility (Aavatsmark et al. 2002 formulation). Couple to a temperature equation vi…
- Numerical Pdes
- Finite Volume
- Newton Krylov
Scientific Computing and Numerical Methods - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Diagnose a Memory-Hierarchy Bottleneck in a Trading-System Hot Path
Receive the normalizer source (around 4,000 lines of C++17), a replay harness that feeds 30 minutes of recorded market data, and host-machine specifications (Intel Xeon Gold 634…
- Memory Hierarchy
- Performance Profiling
- Perf
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- AnalysisBeginnerNew
Model a City Bike-Share Network as a Graph for Rebalancing
Build a directed weighted graph with stations as nodes and edges as aggregated trip volume over rolling windows. Compute (a) betweenness centrality to find high-traffic stations…
- Graphs
- Networkx
- Shortest Path
Data Structures - CodeBeginnerNew
Image-Classification Model for a Quality-Control Line at a Bottling Plant
Train an image classifier on 8,000 labeled bottle images (3 defect classes + 'ok'). Use transfer learning from a pre-trained backbone (EfficientNet-B0 or MobileNetV3) — the line…
- Deep Learning
- Supervised Learning
- Ml Applications
Machine Learning (CS Elective) - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a UART Receiver and Loopback on FPGA for an Industrial Sensor Hub
Design a UART receiver in Verilog with 16x oversampling, configurable baud divisor, start-bit detection, 8N1 framing, framing-error flag. Pair with a minimal transmitter for the…
- Verilog
- Uart
- Fpga
Digital Systems Design - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Diagnose a Deadlock in a Multi-Threaded File Indexer
Clone the indexer repo (provided), set up reproduction with thread-sanitizer and helgrind, and produce a deterministic deadlock test case in under 5 minutes of runtime. Diagnose…
- Synchronization
- Deadlock Analysis
- C Programming
Operating Systems - CodeIntermediateNew
Implement Shadow Mapping in a Toy Game Engine
Add a directional-shadow-map render pass to the engine: render the scene depth from the light's perspective into a 2K depth texture, then sample it during the main pass to atten…
- Shading And Lighting
- Gpu Pipeline
- Shadow Mapping
Introduction to Computer Graphics - CodeIntermediateNew
Refactor a Reckless Inadvertent Debt Hotspot
Read the class + git blame to map its responsibilities. Write characterization tests (using approval testing) until you can change behaviour without surprise — target at least 7…
- Refactoring
- Mikado Method
- Characterization Testing
Technical Debt Management - ResearchBeginnerNew
Survey Information-Retrieval Research for an AdTech Platform's Roadmap
Build a reading list of 30-40 papers spanning SIGIR, RecSys, KDD, WSDM, and arXiv from 2023-2025 across (a) dense retrieval architectures, (b) learning-to-rank with click feedba…
- Information Retrieval
- Learning To Rank
- Research Synthesis
Data Mining and Information Retrieval - CodeBeginnerNew
Replace Raw Pointers with Smart Pointers in a Game-Engine Module
Audit the 18k-line module for raw-pointer ownership patterns (owning, borrowing, shared). Refactor in 4 phases: (1) introduce unique_ptr for clearly-owning sites, (2) shared_ptr…
- Cpp Programming
- Manual Memory Management
- Pointers
Imperative and Low-Level Programming - CodeIntermediateNew
Code Review and Refactoring of a Legacy E-Commerce Module
You are given a codebase (Java/Spring Boot) of the order module. Perform a static analysis, document issues (e.g., god classes, tight coupling), and write a refactoring proposal…
- Code Review
- Refactoring
- Python Or Javascript
Software Engineering and Quality Assurance - CodeBeginnerNew
Issue Triage Bot for a Popular Eclipse Foundation Project
Read the project's existing labels, issue templates, and last 800 issues. Build a Go (or Python) GitHub Action that runs on issue_opened and issue_edited events. Implement heuri…
- Issue Triage
- Oss Contribution
- Github Actions
Open Source Contribution and Maintainership - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Variant-Calling Pipeline for a Genomics SaaS
Stand up a Nextflow pipeline covering: read trimming, BWA-MEM alignment, duplicate marking, base-quality-score recalibration, GATK HaplotypeCaller variant calling, and variant f…
- Bioinformatics
- Variant Calling
- Workflow Orchestration
Computational Biology and Health Informatics - CodeBeginnerNew
Model a Trading Order Book with Algebraic Data Types in Haskell
Design ADTs for Side (Buy | Sell), OrderType (Limit | Market | StopLimit), Order, Trade, and BookState. Make illegal states unrepresentable (e.g. a Match can never produce a neg…
- Haskell
- Algebraic Data Types
- Property Based Testing
Functional Programming - CodeBeginnerNew
Greedy Algorithm for Delivery-Slot Assignment
Receive 14 days of order data (around 4,800 orders) with timestamps, addresses (already geocoded), and slot preferences, plus rider rosters with shift starts, ends, and max work…
- Greedy Algorithms
- Algorithm Analysis
- Python Or Javascript
Algorithm Design and Analysis - CodeSeniorNew
Port a CPU Monte-Carlo Simulator to GPU for an Energy Trader
Receive the existing simulator (C++17 + OpenMP, around 5,000 lines), the test book (around 8,000 spread options), and access to an H100 80GB. Port to CUDA: random-number generat…
- Gpu Programming
- Cuda
- Monte Carlo
Advanced Concurrency and Parallel Computing - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Sparse Linear Solver for a Finite-Element Crash Sim
Use PETSc (or Eigen's IterativeLinearSolvers + a custom AMG) to benchmark: (1) GMRES + ILU(0), (2) GMRES + AMG (BoomerAMG), (3) BiCGStab + ILU(0), (4) BiCGStab + AMG, on three m…
- Sparse Linear Algebra
- Krylov Methods
- Preconditioning
Scientific Computing and Numerical Methods - CodeBeginnerNew
Implement a Distance-Vector Routing Algorithm
Implement distance-vector routing in Python: each simulated router maintains a distance vector, exchanges vectors with neighbors every 1 second of simulated time, and updates it…
- Routing
- Distance Vector
- Network Simulation
Computer Networks - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Dataflow-Based Dead-Code Detector for a Python Monorepo
Build a Python tool using libcst (or ast + jedi) that constructs a call graph across the monorepo. Account for indirect references (entry points in setup.py / pyproject.toml, dy…
- Dataflow Analysis
- Ast
- Call Graph
Program Analysis - CodeIntermediateNew
Design Error Recovery for a Friendly Compiler
Read the existing parser (recursive-descent, in Rust). Design and implement a panic-mode error recovery strategy with synchronization tokens (statement boundary, end of block, s…
- Error Recovery
- Recursive Descent Parsing
- Diagnostic Design
Compiler Construction - AnalysisSeniorNew
Diagnose Clock Skew in a HFT Order Matching System
Receive anonymized PTP grandmaster + slave logs (nanosecond resolution, 30 days, 3 cabinets) plus a synthetic order-flow generator. Identify the drift pattern (likely candidate:…
- Logical Clocks
- Ptp Time Sync
- Cpp Programming
Distributed Systems - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Hybrid Recommendation System for an Indie Streaming Catalog
Use the provided 6-month anonymized event log (around 320M play events, 1.4M unique users in the held-out cohort), audio embeddings (256-d), and track metadata. Implement (1) an…
- Recommendation Systems
- Collaborative Filtering
- Content Based Recommendation
Data Mining and Information Retrieval - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Branch Predictor Study for a Cryptocurrency Hashing Library
Profile the hot inner loop with perf record + perf annotate to identify the 5 highest-frequency branches. Measure per-branch mispredict counts using perf counters (BR_MISP_RETIR…
- Branch Prediction
- Performance Counters
- Benchmarking
Computer Architecture - CodeSeniorNew
Cache-Optimize a Graph-Analytics Kernel for a Social Platform
Receive the existing kernel (C++ + OpenMP, around 1,200 lines), the 1.8B-edge graph (CSR format, around 14GB), and target hardware (dual-socket AMD EPYC 9354, 384GB DDR5, 256MB …
- Cache Optimization
- Graph Algorithms
- Memory Hierarchy
Performance Engineering of Software Systems - DesignIntermediateNew
Design a Small Domain-Specific Language for Invoice Rules
Design a DSL grammar (BNF) covering: boolean conditions (and / or / not), comparison operators, customer-attribute references, line-attribute references, and action expressions …
- Abstraction
- Recursion
- Domain Specific Language
Programming Abstractions - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Empirical Study of PR Review Throughput on a Mid-Sized Monorepo
Pull 8 weeks of PR data from the monorepo (~3,800 PRs across 12 teams) covering open-to-merge time, review-comment count, review-round count, reviewer count, lines changed, and …
- Empirical Software Engineering
- Software Analytics
- Statistical Analysis
Advanced Software Engineering - CodeBeginnerNew
Responsive Web Redesign for SaaS Scale-up
You are to redesign the TaskFlow website's homepage, pricing page, and a new 'Enterprise' landing page. The redesign must be responsive (mobile-first) and built with HTML/CSS/JS…
- Html & Css
- Html & Css
- Python Or Javascript
Web and Mobile Application Development - CodeBeginnerNew
Intelligent Agent for a Smart-Thermostat Pricing-Aware Schedule
Design an intelligent agent with: perception (read sensor history), basic learning (cluster comfort intervals from 7 days of observations), decision-making (schedule heating to …
- Intelligent Agents
- Basic Learning
- Python Or Javascript
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (CS Elective) - CodeSeniorNew
GPU-Accelerated Numerical Optimization for Portfolio Construction
Implement a primal-dual interior-point solver for box-constrained QP in CUDA. Use cuSPARSE for sparse matrix-vector multiply and cuSOLVER for the inner Newton system. Benchmark …
- Numerical Optimization
- Interior Point Method
- Cuda
Scientific Computing and Numerical Methods - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Multi-Level Feedback Queue Scheduler in xv6
Fork the xv6-riscv repository and implement MLFQ in proc.c with 3 priority queues, per-queue time slices (10ms / 20ms / 40ms), priority demotion on slice exhaustion, and a 100ms…
- Operating Systems
- Scheduling
- C Programming
Operating Systems - AnalysisSeniorNew
Diagnose a Hard-Real-Time Failure in an Automotive ECU
Receive anonymized AUTOSAR runnable + task traces (CSV + Vector CANalyzer .blf), 8 hours covering 3 failure events. Identify timing budget per task and runnable. Reproduce on th…
- Autosar
- Real Time Debugging
- Can Bus Analysis
Embedded Systems Engineering - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Tune OpenMP Performance on a Memory-Bound Genomics Pipeline
Profile the existing pipeline at 1, 4, 8, 16, 32, 48, 64 threads using Intel VTune + Linux perf. Identify the bottlenecks (likely candidates: NUMA-unaware memory allocation, fal…
- Openmp
- Numa Awareness
- False Sharing
High-Performance and Scientific Computing - CodeIntermediateNew
Deploy SDN-Based Network Slicing for a Telco Operator
Receive the current transport architecture (P4-programmable switches, ONOS controller cluster), the 3 customer-class SLAs (consumer: best-effort 50 Mbps; enterprise IoT: 5 Mbps …
- Sdn
- Onos
- Mininet
Advanced Computer Networks - CodeIntermediateNew
Detect Atrial Fibrillation from Wearable Heart-Rate Data
Build a Python pipeline that ingests raw PPG + accelerometer at 100Hz, applies motion-artifact rejection using the accelerometer channel, detects beats, computes RR-interval irr…
- Health Sensing
- Signal Processing
- Biomedical Signals
Computational Biology and Health Informatics - ResearchBeginnerNew
NP-Completeness Investigation of a Scheduling Feature Request
Read the feature spec (around 30 vets per clinic, around 10 rooms, around 200 appointments per day, vet-skill constraints, room-equipment constraints, customer-time preferences)…
- Np Completeness
- Complexity Theory
- Algorithm Analysis
Algorithm Design and Analysis - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Search-Based Logistics Router for a Same-Day Delivery Service
Build a Python service exposing /route that takes (courier_location, list_of_stops, traffic_window) and returns an ordered route. Implement 2 search strategies: A* (with a domai…
- Search Algorithms
- Intelligent Agents
- Python Or Javascript
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (CS Elective) - CodeIntermediateNew
Apply Software Transactional Memory to a Real-Time Auction Book
Implement two variants of the same auction-book API (best-bid/best-ask lookup, place-order, cancel-order, match-orders): (1) baseline with java.util.concurrent locks + a SkipLis…
- Transactional Memory
- Concurrent Data Structures
- Haskell
Advanced Concurrency and Parallel Computing - CodeIntermediateNew
Reservoir Sampling for a Privacy-Preserving Telemetry Pipeline
Implement Vitter's Algorithm R (and the faster Algorithm L for bonus credit) producing a 90M-event uniform sample per day from a stream of 18B. Add per-key stratification (so lo…
- Reservoir Sampling
- Randomized Algorithms
- Streaming Systems
Randomized Algorithms - CodeIntermediateNew
Mesh Simplification Pipeline for a 3D-Scan-to-Web Tool
Implement quadric-error-metric (QEM) mesh simplification with UV-attribute preservation: per-vertex 4x4 error quadrics that include a position term and a UV-distortion term, edg…
- Geometry Processing
- Mesh Simplification
- 3d Rendering
Advanced Computer Graphics - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a DSL for Insurance-Policy Rules in OCaml
Design a small DSL covering: variables (insured amount, premium, deductible, named perils), expressions (arithmetic, conditionals, lookups against external tables like CRESTA zo…
- Ocaml
- Domain Specific Languages
- Parser Combinators
Functional Programming - CodeBeginnerNew
Apply SOLID to a Java Reporting Service for a Renewable Energy Startup
Receive the legacy ReportService, 4 sample report templates (Daily Output, Monthly P&L, Annual Availability, Curtailment), and 22 fixtures (input dataset, expected report). Refa…
- Python Or Javascript
- Solid Principles
- Refactoring
Object-Oriented Programming and Design - AnalysisSeniorNew
Memory Consistency Model Audit of a Lock-Free Queue
Read the SPSC queue source (around 200 lines of C++). For each atomic operation, classify the required ordering and verify the chosen memory_order is sufficient under both x86-T…
- Memory Consistency
- Concurrency
- Lock Free Programming
Advanced Computer Architecture - CodeBeginnerNew
Implement Async Message-Passing for an IoT Gateway
Receive the current gateway source (Python 3.11, single-threaded paho-mqtt client + a serial HTTP forwarder, ~1,100 lines), a sensor-simulator that fans out 500 mock sensors at …
- Async Programming
- Message Passing
- Asyncio
Concurrent and Parallel Programming - AnalysisIntermediateNew
ODE Integrator Benchmark for a Pharma PK/PD Pipeline
Use SciPy's solve_ivp + SUNDIALS (via scikit-sundae or diffeqpy) to benchmark: RK45 (baseline), LSODA, BDF (CVODE), Radau, and Rosenbrock. Run on three model classes (insulin-gl…
- Numerical Odes
- Stiff Integrators
- Scientific Python
Scientific Computing and Numerical Methods - CodeIntermediateNew
Implement an SSA-Based Sparse Conditional Constant Propagation Pass
Read the IR specification (SSA form, phi nodes, typed values). Implement SCCP as a single combined worklist algorithm operating on the SSA lattice (top / constant / bottom) and …
- Static Single Assignment
- Dataflow Analysis
- Constant Propagation
Advanced Compilers and Program Optimization - CodeIntermediateNew
Port a Legacy C Image Pipeline from x86 to ARM64
Clone the 12k-line C codebase (provided). Set up an ARM64 cross-compile toolchain (clang or gcc). Identify portability issues: endianness assumptions, pointer-size casts, inline…
- C Programming
- Manual Memory Management
- Pointers
Imperative and Low-Level Programming - DesignBeginnerNew
Design a Sequential Vending-Machine Controller in VHDL
Design an FSM that accepts 10c, 20c, 50c, EUR 1 coins, supports 4 products priced EUR 1.20-1.80, dispenses the selected product when paid, returns change, handles cancel. Choose…
- Vhdl
- Fsm Design
- Sequential Circuits
Digital Systems Design - CodeIntermediateNew
MinHash Similarity Sketch for a Job-Board Deduplication Pipeline
Implement a MinHash signature generator (128 permutations) over shingled job-posting text (5-gram word shingles). Build an LSH banding index (16 bands of 8 hashes each) tuned fo…
- Minhash
- Locality Sensitive Hashing
- Probabilistic Data Structures
Randomized Algorithms - CodeSeniorNew
Digital Human Avatar Pipeline for a Conferencing Product
Build a Python pipeline: face detection + landmark extraction, FLAME (or equivalent) face-model fitting to landmarks + photometric loss, texture inference, and skinning weight a…
- Digital Humans
- Geometry Processing
- 3d Rendering
Advanced Computer Graphics - CodeSeniorNew
Real-Time Global Illumination for an Indie Game
Survey 3 candidate GI techniques: voxel cone tracing (VXGI-style), screen-space GI (SSGI), and irradiance probe volumes. Pick one and justify based on quality/perf trade-offs fo…
- Physically Based Rendering
- Global Illumination
- Gpu Pipeline
Advanced Computer Graphics
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