Javier Tia
Costa Rica
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJavier Tia is an Open Source Developer and Senior Systems Engineer with 15+ years of hands-on embedded Linux and upstream kernel experience, specializing in kernel driver enablement, Yocto BSPs, and CI/CD for hardware platforms. He has driven upstream support for MediaTek silicon and UEFI Secure Boot on ARM at Linaro, and previously led firmware and BSP efforts for one of the largest enterprise embedded Linux deployments at HPE/Aruba. Javier publishes and maintains tooling—such as shipcheck for EU CRA compliance and bakar for Yocto BSP orchestration—and keeps his work public across lore.kernel.org, GitLab, and GitHub. His active upstream contributions include multi-patch WiFi 7 and Bluetooth series for MediaTek and libcamera sensor fixes, demonstrating a rare combination of low-level kernel development and reproducible build/test infrastructure. Based in Costa Rica, he consults with semiconductor vendors, OEMs, and embedded product teams and is open to remote roles. An interesting aside: he also contributes practical editor tooling (SpaceVim configs) and maintains Arch packages, reflecting a pragmatic devotion to developer productivity.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachillerato, Bachillerato at IPVCE - Pre-UniversitarioEngineer's degree, Telematic, Engineer's degree, Telematic at Universidad de Oriente. Cuba
English, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
neovim10
vim10
configuration-management10
vim-plugin10
fzf9
shell8
script8
sh8
scripting8
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
wsdjeg/SpaceVim
Apr 2017 - Jun 2018
A modular configuration of Vim and Neovim
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 9 PRs, 74 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Javier primarily contributed to the configuration and customization of the SpaceVim editor. Their commits modified various configuration files to integrate plugins, add custom key mappings, and enhance the user experience. Key changes involved updating plugin configurations for features such as autocompletion and comments. Further contributions included adding a new key mapping to save a buffer with sudo privileges, and modifying functionality within the fzf layer.
neovimvimspacevimneovim-pluginvim-plugin
jetm/git-recommended-uses
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:201 commits, 73 pushes, 4 branches in 6 months
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