Job Description

The gateway software engineering team at Huawei’s Vancouver Research Center is responsible for the next-generation network gateway appliance TCP/IP software’s full-stack architecture and development. Led by the top experts in this industry and mixed with new grads and experienced veterans, the team will be expanding from 8 to 20 within 6 months. By joining our team, you’ll benefit from our expansive technical knowledge and keen drive to innovate. This new team has ample growth opportunities and supportive leaders.

From a technical perspective, we are focused on network appliance embedded software development. Our technology map covers TCP/IP stacks, Linux C programming, network protocols, IPC, memory management, optimization and troubleshooting, CPU performance profiling, Linux Kernel development and user-space C process development. Needless to say, your work will have diversity in tasks.

You’ll be exposed to Linux fundamentals, Object Oriented Design, Design Patterns, Big Data and Machine Learning. If you have experience in these, you’re sure to ramp up quickly. Your day-to-day will include creating survey documents, software design documents, and high-quality C coding with associated unit testing.

Responsibilities

• Software engineers will extensively participate in software design, coding and debugging through the entirety of the software development lifecycle.
• Proactively refactor and participate in module refactoring work.
• Support software design and coding to improve and simplify the overall design and coding.
• Introduce and utilize the best software engineering practices in the industry, such as testing, design, and software building technologies to improve comprehensive software engineering efficiency.

Qualifications

• Major in Computer Science, Mathematics or Electronics. 
• Interest and hands-on experience in network security.
• Experience with technology including C/C++, TCP/IP networking, Linux system APIs, a strong grasp of sockets and IPC mechanisms a plus.
• Practical experience in C and data structures is required.
• Understanding of programming on multi-core and multi-processor platforms.
• Knowledge of networking internals including the TCP/IP stack, Routing, Sockets API, network gateway, and load balancing. Experience with SSL/TLS, SSH, VPN, tunnels, or proxy protocols would make you stand out
• Dedication to producing extremely high-quality code that meets strict performance requirements.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

Ready to help make the World’s networks more secure?