Director – Research in IDE Innovation
This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic Leader eager to build a Research Lab from scratch and shape the technologies of the future with us.
Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Driven by a commitment to sound operations, ongoing innovation, and open collaboration, we have established a competitive ICT portfolio of end-to-end solutions in telecom and enterprise networks, devices, and cloud technology and services. Our ICT solutions, products, and services are used in more than 170 countries and regions, serving over one-third of the world's population. With 180,000 employees, Huawei is committed to enabling the future information society, and building a Better Connected World.
Huawei's Switzerland Research Centre in Zurich is responsible for advanced technical research, architecture evolution design and strategic technical planning on IDE.
We are currently looking for a Director to build and lead our new IDE Innovation Laboratory
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the technical planning and evolution of the IDE Innovation Laboratory;
- Continuously explore and make breakthroughs in IDE technologies based on corporate requirements, industry development trends, and future-oriented service scenarios and development models, improve developer experience and production efficiency, and support the construction of Huawei's developer ecosystem.
- Integrate the existing programming languages, compilers, and other technologies of Huawei with IDE technology ecosystem to form ecological moat;
- Builds and manages the Research team of the IDE Innovation Laboratory
Requirements and qualifications:
- PhD or MSc in computer science or other domain-related disciplines
- Strong knowledge in Computer Science, including but not limited to Operating System, Compiler, IDE, DevOps tools etc.
- At least 10 years of R&D experience in one of the following areas: Code Analysis, Cloud Development Tools, AI-assisted Code Completion including AI Pair Programming, Smart Code Search etc.
- Extensive R&D experience with one of the following IDEs: Android Studio, XCode, Eclipse IDE, VSCode, Jetbrains IDEs etc.
- Open Source Community committer experiences is a big plus
- Development experience in leading IDE architecture design or important IDE derivative versions / plug-in design development is preferred.
- Excellent communication skills in English (both written and spoken)
- Ability to lead, develop and engage a multicultural team
- Ability to provide innovation and an international vision
- Candidates with solid academic record in a reputable university and with experience in working in blue chip technology companies are preferred
What we offer
- Competitive salary and incentive schemes
- Build a team from scratch
- Research on high-impact topics
- Work with top Researchers and University Professors
- International mobility
- Locations
- Huawei Research Center Zürich
Huawei Research Center Zürich
About Huawei Research Center Zürich
Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider.
With 20+ sites across Europe and 1500 researchers, Huawei’s European Research Institute (ERI) oversees fundamental and applied technology research, academic research cooperation projects, and strategic technical planning across our network of European R&D facilities.
Huawei’s ERI since 2020 includes the Zurich Research Center (ZRC), located in Zurich, Switzerland. A major element of ZRC is a new research laboratory focused on fundamental research in the area of computing systems, spanning new hardware, new software, and new algorithms.
Director – Research in IDE Innovation
This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic Leader eager to build a Research Lab from scratch and shape the technologies of the future with us.
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