P2P Node.js Engineer - Holepunch

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and strengthen core peer-to-peer networking and storage primitives using Node.js
• Implement and optimize P2P protocols incl. Kademlia, BitTorrent, libp2p, hypercore.
• Develop high-performance networking code; optimize throughput, latency, reliability, efficiency.
• Work with TCP/IP and UDP networking, including NAT traversal.
• Design and implement custom binary protocols and secure communication.
• Apply cryptographic primitives for secure P2P comms.

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of peer-to-peer protocols and distributed networking (Kademlia, BitTorrent
• Advanced JavaScript and Node.js for high-performance networking apps.
• Strong understanding of UDP, TCP/IP, networking fundamentals, NAT traversal.
• Proven experience optimizing network protocols and distributed systems for low latency.
• Experience implementing custom binary protocols and serialization formats.
• Familiarity with cryptographic primitives for secure P2P communication.

🎁 Benefits

• 100% remote position with work-from-anywhere flexibility.
• Opportunity to work on challenging P2P networking and distributed systems.
• International, remote-first environment with globally distributed team.
• Contribute to innovative peer-to-peer applications and infrastructure.
• Exposure to advanced networking, cryptography, performance optimization.
• Autonomy and ownership over technically challenging work.