C Systems Engineer - Open Source (Remote)

YO IT Consulting; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 18,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

YO IT Consulting seeks a C Systems Engineer to contribute production-ready C code to open-source repositories, review changes, and improve documentation from Abu Dhabi.

This remote contractor role requires strong C, systems programming, and experience with multi-language repos; ideal candidates comfortably collaborate asynchronously with maintainers and customers. Experience with memory management, concurrency, debugging, and automated testing is valued.

Qualifications

• Strong professional C experience with open-source involvement.
• Experience contributing to large-scale, distributed codebases is highly valued.
• Proficient in memory management, concurrency, debugging, profiling, and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop production-ready C code for selected open-source repositories.
• Review architecture, dependencies, interfaces, and build systems.
• Design components to meet functional requirements while maintaining compatibility.
• Add unit, integration, and regression tests for substantial contributions.
• Prepare focused commits and pull requests with clear explanations.
• Participate in design discussions and explain trade-offs.

Skills

Modern C

Systems programming

Open-source development

Algorithms and data structures

Memory management

Concurrent programming

Debugging

Runtime profiling

Build-system workflows

Git version control

Peer code review

API documentation

Tools

Python

Java

Go

TypeScript

Rust

Git

Job description

YO IT Consulting seeks a C Systems Engineer to contribute production-ready C code to open-source repositories, review changes, and improve documentation from Abu Dhabi.

This remote contractor role requires strong C, systems programming, and experience with multi-language repos; ideal candidates comfortably collaborate asynchronously with maintainers and customers. Experience with memory management, concurrency, debugging, and automated testing is valued.