Chief Researcher - Computer Network and Protocol

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.; Markham; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Canada is seeking a Chief Researcher to lead a team in developing advanced networking protocols for AI infrastructure. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of research experience and 3 years in a leadership role, with expertise in HPC and data-center networking. Responsibilities include orchestrating research strategies and ensuring effective communication across academia and industry. This position plays a crucial role in driving innovations that enhance product competitiveness.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in research or engineering and technical innovation.
• 3+ years of team leading experience in research or technical innovation.
• Proven expertise in data network architectures and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the research team to develop and deploy advanced networking technologies for Huawei's AI infrastructure.
• Identify business problems and core challenges, guiding research into a cohesive technical roadmap.
• Establish effective communication with professionals in academia and industry.

Skills

AI infrastructure

HPC

data-center networking technologies

network protocol stack optimization

traffic engineering/routing

congestion control

Job description

Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a Chief Researcher.

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:

• Lead our research team to explore, develop and eventually deploy state-of-the-art networking technologies and protocols for Huawei's global AI infrastructure, cloud and data-center networks, delivering innovations and performance to forge product competitiveness.
• Explore new opportunities with understanding of the company/product line strategies and industry development trends and identification of business problems and core challenges, orchestrating research and technologies across the research and business scene into a single, cohesive technical road-map.
• Build up and maintain effective communication with professionals in both academia and industry and ensure Huawei’s value is being delivered.

About the ideal candidate:

• 10+ years of professional experience in research, or engineering and technical innovation.
• 3+ years of team leading of research or/and technical innovation.
• Expertise in AI infrastructure, HPC or data-center networking technologies, including but not limited to; RDMA, network protocol stack optimization, collective communication scheduling, traffic engineering/routing, congestion control, topology design and resource allocation.
• Experience in networking, data network architectures, software architecture, and distributed systems.
• Demonstrated strong influence on the networking technologies, in academia or industry context.