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Crossing Hurdles

Verified Job SourceRecruitment agency

Connecting ambitious talent with high-growth companies worldwide.

Staffing and Recruiting
201–500 people

About

Crossing Hurdles connects skilled professionals with opportunities across leading AI training platforms and high-growth companies. As global demand for human input in AI development continues to grow, many platforms rely on large networks of capable contributors across technical, analytical, and knowledge-based domains. Crossing Hurdles helps professionals discover and access these opportunities by bringing together information, talent networks, and application pathways related to AI model training, evaluation, and emerging AI-enabled work. Through our growing community of candidates and professionals, we help individuals explore opportunities with global AI platforms that are building and improving next-generation AI systems. These opportunities often span areas such as technical analysis, research, reasoning tasks, and other knowledge-driven work that supports the development of modern AI models. Alongside the AI ecosystem, Crossing Hurdles also works with high-growth companies to support talent discovery across key business functions. We collaborate with founders, leadership teams, and hiring managers to help them connect with capable professionals for full-time roles across both on-site and remote teams. Over the past few quarters, we have partnered with companies including Angel One, Ixigo, Cars24, Veera, ABP Network, Battery Smart, Zavya, and Twin Engineers, supporting hiring initiatives across multiple sectors. Key areas of focus • Opportunities across AI training and evaluation platforms • Technology & Product roles • Growth, Marketing & Sales • Customer Success & Support • Finance & Business Operations By bringing together talent networks, industry insights, and emerging opportunities across AI and high-growth companies, Crossing Hurdles aims to help capable professionals discover meaningful work while supporting organizations in reaching the talent they need to grow.

Open positions

Senior DevOps Specialist | Remote

Remote · Canada

Evaluate AI-generated artifacts against domain-specific quality rubrics to identify factual and aesthetic errors. Provide clear, structured written feedback on the evaluated outputs.

Software Engineer | Remote

Remote · Canada

The role involves providing high-quality examples of using AI coding agents to solve real-world technical challenges in STEM environments. The candidate will evaluate AI tool effectiveness and collaborate with facilitators to refine agent-guided workflows.

Java Software Engineer | $90/hr Remote

Remote · Canada

Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and microservices using Java and Spring Boot. Collaborate with teams to review technical specifications and optimize application performance and security.

Senior Full Stack Developer | $90/hr Remote

Remote · Canada

Design, develop, and maintain robust web applications while optimizing for speed and scalability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions and provide mentorship to peers.

Software Engineer | Remote

Remote · Canada

Design and implement cloud infrastructure environments to evaluate AI model proficiency and reinforcement learning. Develop validation tests, golden reference solutions, and defective variants to test AI recovery strategies.

Senior Software Engineer

Remote · Canada

The role involves contributing expert-level code, debugging complex software defects, and implementing scalable new features. Additionally, the engineer will refactor legacy code and document technical reasoning to improve AI training data quality.

Data Scientist | Remote

Remote · Canada

The role involves reviewing and refining AI-generated content and optimizing prompts to improve model outputs. It also requires conducting rubric-based evaluations and performing research to validate data quality.

Software Engineer | Remote

Remote · Canada

The role involves analyzing and enhancing AI-generated technical content and refining prompts to improve model outputs. Responsibilities also include drafting technical documentation and conducting rubric-based assessments of AI deliverables.

Network Engineer | Remote

Remote · Canada

The role involves reviewing network logs, telemetry, and event streams to label and classify network behaviors and anomalies. Additionally, the engineer will help define schemas for large-scale data pipelines used in machine learning models.

Software Engineer | Remote

Remote · Canada

The role involves reviewing and refining AI-generated outputs to ensure accuracy, logic, and alignment with best practices. Responsibilities include designing challenging prompts and providing constructive feedback to improve AI model responses.

Data Analyst (Excel) | $55/hr Remote

Remote · Canada

The role involves conducting in-depth data analysis using Microsoft Excel to extract actionable insights and support strategic decision-making. Responsibilities include cleaning datasets, developing visualizations, and communicating findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

GPU Software Engineer | $85/hr Remote

Remote · Canada

Design, implement, and optimize GPU-based software solutions using CUDA, WebGPU, or GLSL. Develop host-side logic in C++ and fine-tune kernels and shaders for maximum performance.

Software Engineer (Typescript) | $90/hr Remote

Remote · Canada

Develop and maintain scalable frontend components while integrating RESTful APIs to manage data flow. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver seamless user interfaces and ensure high code quality through reviews.

Software Engineer (Python, React) | Remote

Remote · Canada

Design, develop, and maintain fullstack web applications using Python and React. Architect RESTful APIs and optimize database solutions while ensuring code quality through testing and reviews.

Senior Software Engineer – TypeScript | Remote

Remote · Canada

Design, develop, and deploy high-quality full-stack applications and scalable microservices using TypeScript, Node.js, and React. Lead code reviews and mentor engineers while collaborating in an Agile environment to optimize REST APIs and CI/CD strategies.

Fullstack Developer | $55/hr Remote

Remote · Canada

Develop and deploy scalable frontend and backend solutions while designing RESTful APIs for system communication. Collaborate with designers to improve user experience and maintain high code quality through reviews and optimization.

Fullstack Engineer | $55/hr Remote

Remote · Canada

Design and optimize scalable fullstack applications with a focus on high-performance frontend development and secure API systems. Manage DevOps processes including CI/CD pipelines, deployment, and database performance tuning.

AWS Cloud Engineer | $60/hr Remote

Remote · Canada

Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure while automating provisioning through Infrastructure as Code. Monitor system performance and develop operational scripts to ensure secure and efficient cloud operations.

Web Developer | $50/hr Remote

Remote · Canada

Build and maintain responsive web applications while integrating backend APIs and managing data exchange. Collaborate with design teams and contribute to technical planning and troubleshooting to ensure application scalability.

DevOps Engineer | $60/hr Remote

Remote · Canada

Design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines across various providers. Maintain containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes while automating provisioning with Terraform and Ansible.