Software Developers

DSA & Algorithms

Prove your algorithmic and software engineering skills.

For developers who think in complexity classes. Round 1 is a timed algorithmic qualifier; from there you move from isolated problems into designing and shipping real systems with a team.

Registrations close

Sunday, 20 September 2026

Competition begins

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Offline finale

Sunday, 18 October 2026

This is for you if

→You solve problems on competitive programming platforms for fun
→You care about why one solution is O(n log n) and another is O(n²)
→You want to move from puzzle-solving into real software engineering

What it covers

Arrays and stringsTrees and graphsDynamic programmingGreedy algorithmsSearching and sortingRecursionComplexity optimisationSystem decomposition

Four rounds, from 24 September

Round 1 is individual. Everything after it is a team. Round 4 is offline.

Round 1 · Individual Algorithm Qualifier

IndividualOnline

A timed online assessment of DSA and algorithmic problems. You compete alone; top performers qualify for Round 2.

Judged on

CorrectnessExecution timeMemory usageTest cases passedCode qualityProblem-solving approach

Round 2 · Team Algorithm Engineering Challenge

TeamOnline

Your team receives one large real-world computational problem — route optimisation, matching, scheduling, resource allocation, search, recommendation logic or large dataset processing — and designs an efficient solution.

You submit

Source codeWritten approachArchitectureComplexity explanationDemo or resultsDocumentation

Round 3 · Software System Challenge

TeamOnline

A broader engineering problem that has to combine algorithms with APIs, databases, backend work, a frontend where required, and real performance and scalability decisions.

You submit

Working implementationArchitecture notesPerformance evidence

Round 4 · Offline Grand Finale

TeamOffline

Finalists build live on the day against a new challenge, or an extended version of their own, and defend it to the jury.

Judged on

Live developmentTechnical abilityProblem solvingTeamworkArchitectureFinal implementationPresentation and jury Q&A

Prove your algorithmic and software engineering skills.

₹299 per participant. You register on your own — team formation opens after Round 1.