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HackerRank
hackerrank.com · Cupertino, CA, Mountain View, United States
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Upwork lists HackerRank at $1.3M+ in client spend.

$1,270,805 in published client spend across 49 contracts. The full read below — free.

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Total Upwork spend
$1.3M+
$1,270,805
Top category
Research & consulting
33 of 46 contracts
Hiring status
Actively hiring
45 of 49 contracts in progress
Contracts on record
49
The company

Who's actually behind the account.

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HackerRank
Resolved to hackerrank.com · High confidence
Industry
Computer software
Company size
1,000–5,000 employees
Founded
2012
Est. revenue
$1M–10M
Web traffic
100M–500M visits/mo
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States
Links
How they pay

The rates aren't public

All fixed-price work and no hourly rates to benchmark — price each scope on its own and don't expect an hourly anchor from the posted history.

Contract structure · 49 on record
0hourly · 49fixed-price
Upwork doesn't expose hourly rates on this client's contracts, so there's no public rate band to benchmark. Price each scope on its own merits.
What they hire for

Where the work actually is

All 49 contracts by category. Research & consulting leads with 33 of 46 contracts.

Research & consulting 33
Data & analytics 6
Video, animation & audio 4
Marketing & content 2
Web development 1
Hiring activity

Hiring right now, not last year.

When the contracts on record started — and how they're structured. 45 of 49 are still in progress.

Contracts started, by month
8
Apr 2026
19
May 2026
2
Jun 2026
7
Jul 2026
13
Aug 2026
Status
45in progress · 4completed
Contract type
0hourly · 49fixed-price
Open roles

Jobs they've posted publicly

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Real-World App & Code Repository Designer for Developer Challenges Aug 26, 2026· AI Fluency Framework Annotation Experts Aug 11, 2026· Full Stack Development SME Needed to Create High-Quality Technical Assessments Jul 22, 2026· Salesforce Apex SME Needed to Create Real-World Coding Assessment's Jul 12, 2026· Legal Advisor for Copyright Infringement and DMCA Notice Assistance Feb 23, 2026· Creator Partnerships Feb 2, 2026· Full Stack Development SME Needed to Create High-Quality Technical Assessments Jan 31, 2026· Microsoft Azure Data Services Subject Matter Expert (SME) Jan 7, 2026·1 to 3 months
Postings Upwork has shown for this client. Some may have since closed.

Every contract on record — all 49

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Post-Production Services for HackerRank
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Video Creation
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HackerRank SMEfixed
Full Stack Development SME for Creating High-Quality Technical Assessments
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Technical Content Curation and Reviewfixed
AI Fluency Framework Annotation Experts
April 2026 - Content Curation
HackerRank SME
AI Fluency Framework Annotation Experts
Production Services for HackerRank
AI Fluency Framework Annotation Experts
AI Fluency Framework Annotation Experts
AI Fluency Framework Annotation Experts
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AI fluency annotation
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Video Production Project
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Treatment verdict

How they hire, and how they treat people

HackerRank hires large numbers of fixed-price SMEs and content/production contractors (mostly short specialist scopes) and runs many simultaneous annotation and SME engagements.

Reputation
Sparse inbound feedback but skewed high — most freelancer→client ratings available are 5★ with a very small number of entries.. Consistently positive freelancer feedback where present, indicating completed scopes were accepted and closed.
How they engage
Short, project-style engagements dominate; there are repeat hires of the same freelancers but no visible long-term hourly retainers.
Working style
Operates many parallel, narrowly scoped fixed-price tasks (annotation, SME answers, content/production) with task-level instructions rather than long open-ended retainers.
Who wins the work
Best for freelancers who can deliver narrow, well-scoped technical assessment or annotation work and those who accept fixed-price task-based contracts (SMEs, annotators, content reviewers, and production specialists).
Repeat hires
Rehires the same freelancers — 2 on 2+ repeat contracts (one up to 3). Deliver once and there's recurring work.
Worth knowing
Workflow appears to scale by hiring many individual SMEs/annotators simultaneously rather than fewer higher-value retainers.

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