Co-op Software Engineer - Distributed Data (12-16 months)

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.; Markham; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in York Region, Markham, seeks a Software Engineer Co-op for a 12/16-month placement. The candidate will work on developing next-generation cloud serverless products and optimize data systems. Proficiency in C and C++ is essential, along with strong problem-solving skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with architects and engineers in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in a relevant field.
• Strong proficiency in C and C++ programming required.
• Experience with teams generating business impact is a plus.
• Knowledge of data structures and performance optimizations necessary.

Responsibilities

• Research competitive landscape for data processing in cloud.
• Develop framework for next-generation data and AI system.
• Analyze user scenarios to optimize software solutions.
• Adopt new technologies and present trends to the team.
• Generate innovative ideas and new patent applications.

Skills

C programming

C++ programming

Problem solving

Multi-threading

Concurrency

Performance optimization

Education

In pursuit of a degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Telecommunications

Tools

AI end to end data processing

Flink

Spark

RocksDB

Redis

Job description

About the team

Huawei Canada has a 12/16-month Co-op opening for a Software Engineer.

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 a team of architects and engineers
• 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.

About the ideal candidate

• In pursuit of a degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Telecommunications.
• 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.