Competitions
Build Real Systems. Ship Real Code.
Monthly engineering challenges designed by mentors at Google, Stripe, and NVIDIA. Form teams, get mentorship, and build portfolio projects that actually matter.
Upcoming Challenges
UpcomingBeginner
ATS Resume Score Checker
Upload a resume. Get an ATS score + actionable fixes.
PythonspaCy / NLTKscikit-learnTF-IDF
Tue, 29 Sept, 2026 — Wed, 30 Sept, 20260 / 10024h
UpcomingIntermediate
LinkedIn Post Generator
Turn your GitHub activity into engaging LinkedIn post drafts.
PythonGeminiGitHub API
Sat, 26 Sept, 2026 — Sun, 27 Sept, 20260 / 10024h
UpcomingBeginner
AI Resume Builder
Transform raw text into a polished, ATS-friendly resume using AI
PythonHtmlJavascripts
Sun, 30 Aug, 2026 — Mon, 31 Aug, 20260 / 5024h
UpcomingIntermediate
Chat with Your PDF
Upload any PDF. Ask questions. Get answers using RAG.
PythonLangChainChromaDBPyPDF2
Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 — Sun, 30 Aug, 20260 / 10024h
UpcomingIntermediate
WhatsApp Bot for College
Auto-reply to FAQs via WhatsApp Business API + AI.
PythonFastAPIWhatsApp Business API
Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 — Sun, 30 Aug, 20260 / 5024h
Why Build Here
Not Your Average Hackathon
Real Mentors
Staff Engineers from Google, Stripe, and NVIDIA review your PRs and architecture decisions.
Ship to Real Users
Projects get deployed and used. Not just graded and forgotten.
Portfolio That Speaks
Built a distributed queue used by 200+ users beats a todo app every single time.
Team Matching
We pair you with complementary skills. You do backend, your partner does frontend.
Deploy Day > Demo Day
Live demos with real metrics. No slide decks, no pitch theatre.
Win & Get Noticed
Top projects get featured to our hiring partners and investor network.
Process
How It Works
01
Pick a Challenge
Browse active builds and find one that matches your stack.
02
Form a Team
2-4 members matched by skills and timezone.
03
Build + Ship
4-6 weeks with weekly mentor sync and code reviews.
04
Present & Archive
Case study published. Added to your profile forever.
Ready to build something real?
Join a team or form your own. Every challenge is a chance to learn, ship, and get noticed by the right people.
Join EmberGround