Co-op Software Engineer - Distributed and Parallel Computing

Job description

Huawei Canada has an immediate co-op opening for a Software Engineer.

About the team:

The Distributed Data Storage and Management Lab leads research in distributed data systems, aiming to develop next-generation cloud serverless products that encompass core infrastructure and databases. This lab addresses various data challenges, including cloud-native disaggregated databases, pay-by-query user models, and optimizing low-level data transfers via RDMA. Teams within this lab create advanced cloud serverless data infrastructure and implement cutting-edge networking technologies for Huawei's global AI infrastructure.

About the job:

• Research competitive landscape for data processing and serverless infrastructure in cloud.

• Work with team of architects and engineers to develop framework/engine for the next-generation data and AI system.

• Analyze user scenarios resulting in optimized software system solution.

• Learn and adopt new technologies (parallel, distributed systems, large-scale data analytics system, etc.), research, survey, and present industry trends to the team.

• Generate innovative ideas and new patent applications.

Job requirements

About the ideal candidate:

• Proficient in C and C++ programming.

• Experience working with teams and products to generate business impact and customer success stories.

• Design/technical skills including; data structures, multi-threading, concurrency, performance optimizations, etc.

• Experience with any of the following is an asset: AI end to end data processing, scenarios and system optimizations, core database internals (Ex: query optimization, runtime, scheduling, storage engine, transaction processing, etc.), large scale data processing (Ex: Flink, Spark, etc.), scalable key-value store (Ex: RocksDB, LevelDB, Redis, etc.), and serverless platform infrastructures.

• Strong problem solving and ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.

• In pursuit of BS, MS, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Telecommunications.