Co-op Software Engineer

Huawei Canada; Waterloo; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Waterloo is seeking a Co-op Software Engineer. The role emphasizes C++ software development for POC projects and collaboration with a research team focusing on user data privacy. Ideal candidates should have strong abilities in C/C++, experience in Linux, and a good understanding of security and cryptography.

Qualifications

• Strong C/C++ programming abilities and software engineering skills.
• C++ development experience in Linux environment.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Understanding of security and cryptography.

Responsibilities

• C++ software development for POC projects.
• Efficient communication/collaboration with researchers.

Skills

C/C++ programming abilities

Software engineering skills

Debugging and troubleshooting

Data structures and algorithms

Understanding of security and cryptography

Python programming

Job description

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

About the team

The Digital Trust Lab is dedicated to ensuring user data flows while maintaining privacy. Researchers focus on key areas such as user identity authentication, data integrity, privacy protection, extensive model privacy assessment, multi-modal data identification, differential privacy, and federated learning. The lab supports deep research and encourages publications in leading journals. Research outcomes are applied across various Huawei product lines, including mobile phones, smart devices, and communications technologies.

About the job

• C++ software development for POC projects.
• Efficient and timely communication/collaboration with other researchers from understanding a proposed method to its code implementation.

Job requirements

About the ideal candidate:

• Strong C/C++ programming abilities and software engineering skills.
• C++ development experience in Linux environment.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of data structures, algorithms with data structures, and understanding of the computational complexity of algorithms.
• A good understanding of security, cryptography, and experience in security feature development using C++ is an asset.
• A good understanding of Python programming is an asset.