Principal Engineer - Distributed Database

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About the team:

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 and development of distributed, highly available transaction processing database management system focusing on algorithms for scale up and scale out.
• Work with a team of architects and engineers to develop proof-of-concept systems and components across the data manager, buffer manager and transaction processing components.
• Investigate and design new data structures and algorithms focusing on lockless and NUMA aware approaches on the latest and state of the art hardware technology.
• Continuous enhancements on the distributed database system to fulfill customer requirements for self-tuning under differing workload conditions.
• Mentor junior colleagues on algorithm design, data structure and software engineering aspects focusing on high performance scalable code.
• Work with QA and continuous integration teams to drive a quality overall solution though a combination of automated unit tests, functional testing and system testing of the solution.

• Proficient in C and C++ programming.
• 10+ years’ experience with design and development of a distributed database, or storage system, or file system, or cache system.
• Experience in open source community is an asset.
• Excellent documentation, organization and communication skills.
• Publication history and patent success is an asset.
• Bachelor's in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Telecommunications;
  Master's or PhD is an asset.

• Seniority level
  
  Mid-Senior level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Job function
  
  Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries Telecommunications

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