Senior Software Developer – Big Data (C++/Rust)
- Salary
- $127,000 - $225,000
- Level
- Senior
- Work type
- On-site · Markham
Not stated in the posting: visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
Huawei Canada has an immediate 12-month contract opening for a Software Developer.
About the team:
The Computing Data Application Acceleration Lab aims to create a leading global data analytics platform organized into three specialized teams using innovative programming technologies. One of the goals of this lab are to enhance algorithm performance and training efficiency across industries, fostering long-term competitiveness.
About the job:
- Analyze the software requirements and software elements for system design.
- Contribute to software development at the product or platform level.
- Take charge of the design and code writing for a specific cross-sub-system or codes of key algorithms.
- Participate in different open source and standard meetings to present solutions.
- Generate intellectual property such as patents and trade-secrets from research findings.
- Present research findings at conferences and participate in research collaborations with external research institutes and universities.
The total target annual compensation (based on 2,080 hours per year) ranges from $127,000- $225,000 depending on education, experience, and demonstrated expertise.
About the ideal candidate:
- BSc, MSc, or PhD in one of computer science, software engineering, or computer engineering.
- 3+ years of professional software development experience with C++ or Rust, including object oriented design.
- 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design of a system.
- Knowledge of the OS internals, compilers, Linux operating system, system/processor performance, CPU architecture.
- Proven experience with platform/system level development with performance profiling and tuning.
- Familiarity with mainstream big data related technologies and distributed frameworks is an asset.
- Experience with Apache Flink, Apache Spark or other big data or database engine internals is an asset.
- Knowledge of Machine Learning, vLLM, Data Agents is an asset.
- Familiar CICD, and tools such as Git, and Maven is an asset.
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Additional Information:
Huawei Canada is committed to a fair, inclusive, and accessible recruitment process. If you require accommodation during any stage of the hiring process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
All applications for this position are reviewed directly by our hiring team, we do not use artificial intelligence tools to screen or select candidates.
What this role asks for
Standard for data engineering roles
Spark
Common in data engineering postings at any company.
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The team: Computing Data Application Acceleration Lab
This role is one of 15 open in Computing Data Application Acceleration Lab.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
LLM (8 of 15), PyTorch (5 of 15), Deep Learning (4 of 15), Flink (4 of 15), Spark (4 of 15), C++ (3 of 15), Machine Learning (3 of 15)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Research Engineer - AI Workload & Systems posted Jul 30
- Intern Researcher - AI/ML Technology Insight and Planning posted Jun 15
- Intern Engineer – RL Post-Training for LLMs posted Jun 8
- Intern Researcher – AI Foundation Model Training posted Apr 28
- Principal Architect – Hardware Efficient AI Foundation Model Training posted Sep 18
- Senior Researcher – Hardware Efficient AI Foundation Model Training posted Sep 18
- Database Research Expert - Big Data Platform posted Aug 25
- Technical VP – GPU Applications Architecture posted Jul 3
- Technical VP - Computing Bus System Research posted Mar 25
- Senior Researcher - AI Powered Big Data Platform posted Jan 7
- Principal Scientist - Software/Hardware Co-design posted May 17
- Technical VP - Big Data Platform posted Apr 10
- Researcher - Technical Insight and Planning (AI/ML) posted Dec 15
- Senior Technical VP - AI & Efficient Deep Learning posted Dec 16
From the team and dates on huaweicanada's own job board.
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