Bare Developer (100% Remote - Worldwide)
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About the Role
Tether is seeking a Bare Developer to build and maintain the Bare runtime and its ecosystem of native modules. The role involves writing C and JavaScript, developing native addons, and debugging across multiple operating systems.
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Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and ship bare * native modules (e.g., bare bluetooth, bare tcp, bare fs, bare crypto) end to end, including code and tests.
- Write C native addons that bridge platform APIs (Bluetooth, networking, filesystem, crypto) into JavaScript.
- Maintain and extend existing native modules based on product team requests and the bare node compatibility list.
- Set up and maintain cross platform builds for macOS, Linux, Android (NDK), and iOS (Xcode).
- Own cross compilation toolchain configuration for each target platform.
- Maintain CI pipelines that build and test native modules across all supported platforms.
- Investigate and fix platform specific build failures and toolchain issues.
- Contribute to the Bare runtime core (module system, native addon system, light weight threads).
- Help reduce the bare node missing API surface.
- Participate in evaluating and integrating alternative JS engines e.g., libjerry.
Requirements
- Strong C programming skills, including experience writing and debugging native code across platforms
- Advanced JavaScript skills with a solid understanding of Node.js internals and the module ecosystem
- Experience building native addons for Node.js or similar runtimes (N API, node gyp, or equivalent)
- Familiarity with libuv or other asynchronous I/O frameworks
- Comfortable working across macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS build toolchains
- Experience with cross compilation and platform specific system APIs (Bluetooth, networking, filesystem)
- Ability to read and navigate large C and C++ codebases
- Self directed work style with strong written communication skills
Full Job Posting
About the job
- We need someone who is equally comfortable writing C and JavaScript.
- The Bare team builds and maintains the runtime itself along with a growing ecosystem of native modules (bare bluetooth, bare tcp, bare fs, bare crypto, and many more).
- You would be writing native addons that bridge platform APIs into JavaScript, debugging across multiple operating systems, and helping keep the runtime small and correct.
- This is a hands on systems role. You will work independently, own modules end to end, and ship code that runs on phones, laptops, servers, and constrained devices.
Native module development
- Design, implement, and ship bare * native modules (e.g., bare bluetooth, bare tcp, bare fs, bare crypto) end to end, including code, and tests.
- Write C native addons that bridge platform APIs (Bluetooth, networking, filesystem, crypto) into JavaScript.
- Maintain and extend existing native modules based on product team requests and the bare node compatibility list.
Cross platform builds and CI
- Set up and maintain cross platform builds for macOS, Linux, Android (NDK), and iOS (Xcode).
- Own cross compilation toolchain configuration for each target platform.
- Maintain CI pipelines that build and test native modules across all supported platforms.
- Investigate and fix platform specific build failures and toolchain issues.
Bare Runtime contributions
- Contribute to the Bare runtime core (module system, native addon system, light weight threads).
- Help reduce the bare node missing API surface.
- Participate in evaluating and integrating alternative JS engines eg libjerry.
Debugging and quality
- Debug native addon issues across multiple OS and device targets, including mobile.
- Write and maintain tests for all modules.
Collaboration and communication
- Respond to Bare team inquiries from internal teams and the public.
- Communicate progress, blockers, and decisions in writing.
- Participate in a weekly status call.
- Participate in Bare workshops and contribute to onboarding materials.
- Coordinate with product teams (Keet, WDK/Wallet).
Qualifications
- Strong C programming skills, including experience writing and debugging native code across platforms.
- Advanced JavaScript skills with a solid understanding of Node.js internals and the module ecosystem.
- Experience building native addons for Node.js or similar runtimes (N API, node gyp, or equivalent).
- Familiarity with libuv or other asynchronous I/O frameworks.
- Comfortable working across macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS build toolchains.
- Experience with cross compilation and platform specific system APIs (Bluetooth, networking, filesystem).
- Ability to read and navigate large C and C++ codebases.
- Self directed work style with strong written communication skills.
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