Knowledge Computing Research Software Engineer (PAYE)

About Huawei Research and Development UK Limited 

Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have more than 194,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.

Our vision and mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, we will drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks; bring cloud and artificial intelligence to all four corners of the earth to provide superior computing power where you need it, when you need it; build digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; redefine user experience with AI, making it more personalized for people in all aspects of their life, whether they’re at home, in the office, or on the go.

This spirit of innovation has led Huawei to work in close partnership with leading academic institutions in the UK to develop and refine the latest technologies. The company’s commitment to investment in R&D in the UK, through university partnerships or bespoke facilities such as the photonics centre in Ipswich, will keep the country at the forefront of global digital innovation. And through this commitment, the UK will play an increasingly significant role in helping Huawei to develop the technologies of the future that will transform the way we all communicate, work and live.

For the past 30 years we have maintained an unwavering focus, rejecting shortcuts and easy opportunities that don't align with our core business. With a practical approach to everything we do, we concentrate our efforts and invest patiently to drive technological breakthroughs.

This strategic focus is a reflection of our core values:

- staying customer-centric,

- inspiring dedication,

- persevering,

- Growing by reflection.

Huawei Research and Development UK Limited Overview 

Huawei’s vision is a fully connected, intelligent world.

To achieve this, we work to inspire passion for basic research around the world. Our combined passion drives development across the global innovation value chain. Huawei has the largest Research and Development organization in the world with 96,000+ employees in research centres around the globe. In the UK, we already have design centres in Cambridge, London, Edinburgh, Ipswich and Bristol. We continue to explore and define new research directions and new services. We have expanded our collaborations with academic researchers; researched new network architectures, integration of communications and key enabling technologies; and developed the fundamental theories of these technologies. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey and drive your career forward.

Job Summary

Huawei is looking for a Software Engineer with interest in Research to join a team of Knowledge Computing Researchers in Huawei Edinburgh R&D Center. The ideal person will have prior experience working in a research driven environment, collaborated with researchers, and have actively participated in the design and development of research prototypes and systems. Our topics are related to the construction and use of knowledge computing technologies so ideally you should have some experience with NLP/LLM and Machine Learning tools and pipelines and with modern database technologies like Graph databases, RDF triple-stores, SPARQL, and the like. The environment is highly collaborative (within the Knowledge Computing team, and with other teams abroad) and good communication skills are necessary.

Job Purpose:
As a research software engineer you will collaborate with top researchers in the area for designing and developing high quality research prototypes and related production ready services. Since we always deal with novel state-of-the-art problems, good analytical and problem-solving skills would be beneficial and ability to contribute to the solutions would be valuable.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop prototypes and production systems of the next generation with knowledge computing technologies, such as knowledge extraction, editing, retrieval, reasoning, and learning with large knowledge graphs and/or large language models, including knowledge aware LLM based reasoning and planning, such as knowledge aware agents.
• Be part of internal engineering efforts, with responsibility of data preparation, algorithms, modelling, engineering and product scaling and support.
• Support the deployment for software developed.
• Maintain and produce documentation for software developed.

This job description is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The jobholder will carry out any other duties as may be reasonably required by his/her line manager. The job description and personal specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of Huawei Research and Development UK Limited.

Person Specification:
List details of Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Qualifications needed to do the job:

Required:

• Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or other Mathematical discipline
• At least 5 years of work experience in the field of software engineering.
• Experience with REST and HTTP
• Knowledge of Distributed Systems
• Test Driven Development
• Python, Docker, Git
• Good software engineering practices (clean, reusable, and high-quality code, CI/CD)
• Have good attitude and interested in quickly picking up with new technologies

Desired: 

• Knowledge of Knowledge Graph and related technologies.
• Knowledge of LLM and related technologies, such as hallucination handling, RAG, knowledge editing and LLM based agent.
• Knowledge of Semantic Web standards: RDF, SKOS, SPARQL.
• Java, Kafka, Gradle, Jupyter.
• Experience with ETL pipelines.
• DevOps/MLOps experience
• Experience with either NLP or Machine Learning techniques.

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How to apply

If you wish to apply for this position and believe your experience and skills are suitable, please email a copy of your CV and cover letter to edinburghjobs@huawei.com