Software Engineer - Data Communication

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Ottawa is seeking a Software Engineer to work on advanced software architectures for data communication products. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, with strong skills in C, C++, and Linux, along with experience in embedded software development. This role offers the opportunity to tackle complex technical challenges and innovate within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Working knowledge of C, C++ and Linux.
• Experience in embedded software development.
• Familiarity with stages of software life cycle and development tools.
• Understanding of operating system fundamentals and CPU architecture.

Responsibilities

• Explore and leverage advanced technologies for software architecture.
• Solve technical challenges in areas including micro-kernel OS and concurrency control.
• Optimize runtime performance and improve software quality.
• Migrate legacy code to new software architecture.
• Design, code, test and collaborate with others.

Skills

C programming

C++ programming

Linux

Embedded software development

Java

Go

Python

Lua

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a Software Engineer.

About the team:

The YunShan Software Lab pioneers advanced software technologies and architectures that address the most pressing pain points, complex issues, and challenges in data communication device software. This lab is at the forefront of innovation and tackles some of the most challenging and exciting problems in data communication software.

About the job:

• Explore and leverage advanced technologies to build the next-generation elastic, composable and service-oriented software architecture for Huawei’s data communication products (switch/router/IOT).

• Solve technical challenges in the areas, including but not limited to, micro-kernel OS, compiler techniques, programming language and runtime, NoSql DB, concurrency control, high performance execution, trusted execution, high availability and virtualization.

• Optimize runtime performance and resource consumption, improve development process and software quality.

• Help migrate legacy code to new software architecture.

• Design, code, test and collaborate with others.

About the ideal candidate:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field.

• Working knowledge of C, C++ and Linux.

• Experience in embedded software development.

• Familiarity with all the stages of software life cycle, development tools and build process.

• Understanding of operating system fundamentals, CPU architecture and data networking.

• Proficiency in other programming languages (Java/Go/Python/Lua/Shell/etc…) is an asset.

• Strong ability to research complex topics, distill knowledge into concrete solutions.

• Creative analytical skills and excellent troubleshooting/debugging skills.

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