P2P Node.js Engineer - Holepunch (100% Remote, Worldwide)

Join Tether and Shape the Future of Digital Finance

At Tether, we’re not just building products, we’re pioneering a global financial revolution. Our cutting-edge solutions empower businesses—from exchanges and wallets to payment processors and ATMs—to seamlessly integrate reserve-backed tokens across blockchains. By harnessing the power of blockchain technology, Tether enables you to store, send, and receive digital tokens instantly, securely, and globally, all at a fraction of the cost. Transparency is the bedrock of everything we do, ensuring trust in every transaction.

Innovate with Tether

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Why Join Us?

Our team is a global talent powerhouse, working remotely from every corner of the world. If you’re passionate about making a mark in the fintech space, this is your opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds, pushing boundaries and setting new standards. We’ve grown fast, stayed lean, and secured our place as a leader in the industry.

If you have excellent English communication skills and are ready to contribute to the most innovative platform on the planet, Tether is the place for you.

Are you ready to be part of the future?

About the job

P2P Node.js Engineer (Remote)

We're big fans of Node.js — Holepunch is built on it. During this next growth phase, we could use your help to expand and strengthen our core P2P networking and storage primitives. Our P2P technology covers a wide surface area, so if the parts of this following tech profile fits you, we’d love to talk to you.

Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of P2P protocols (Kademlia, BitTorrent, libp2p, hypercore)

• Demonstrable experience optimizing network protocols for performance

• Advanced JavaScript skills for implementing high-performance networking code

• Deep understanding of UDP and TCP/IP networking, including NAT traversal techniques

• Experience implementing custom binary protocols and serialization formats

• Familiarity with cryptographic primitives for secure P2P communication

• Experience with performance profiling and optimization of networked systems

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years experience building production P2P systems or distributed systems

• Experience optimizing JavaScript for low-latency networking applications

• Knowledge of V8 internals and JavaScript performance characteristics

• Experience with libuv and asynchronous I/O in C

• Contributions to open-source P2P projects or networking libraries

• Experience building reliable systems on unreliable networks

• Experience with Node.js native addons and bridging between JS and C