This week in Karlsruhe, our team did something that nobody else did: solved problem I.
In ICPC NWERC, problem I was not solved by any student team. Not solved by Jump Trading. Wasn’t solved by JetBrains or any of the other companies competing there, but our people solved it.
It was our traders, engineers, and quants at Alber Blanc who still do competitive programming at the highest level while building the real trading systems.
As a result, we placed 1st among company teams and 2nd overall among 141 teams.
We were present at the event as a Gold Global Sponsor because we believe in this ecosystem: it’s where the best algorithmic minds gather.
We solved 11 problems in 5 hours, including problem I — the one every other team avoided. Aarhus (3rd place) also solved 11 but skipped I. We can say that solving hard problems is literally our daily work and, competitive programming is an extension of how you already think.
We’re not saying this to show off. (Okay, maybe a little.)
If you work at a company where your daily job is intellectually stimulating enough that you have what it takes to compete at NWERC level, where solving hard problems is just what you do, you’d want to work at Alber Blanc.
If you have participated in ICPC, if you know what it means to solve the unsolvable under time pressure f you want to work somewhere that actually values that skill every single day – reach out! We’re hiring people who think like that.
Thanks again to the NWERC organizers and our co-sponsors (Jump Trading, JetBrains, etc.), and all the teams that competed. Our ecosystem gets better the more we all invest in it.
We’re hiring! Check out our jobs page if competitive programming sounds interesting, or get in touch with us in LinkedIn.
