The Database team within the Huawei Edinburgh office and develops next-generation data management systems, with a focus on database kernels, query processing, storage engines, transaction processing, distributed data systems, and emerging AI Data infrastructure.
We are looking for researchers and engineers with strong systems backgrounds and a deep interest in building high-performance, scalable, and intelligent data management systems. The role is suitable for candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas: database systems, query optimization, query execution engines, storage and indexing, transaction processing, concurrency control, distributed databases, cloud-native data systems, hardware-aware database design, AI-native data management, and performance analysis.
The successful candidate will work on both exploratory research and practical system prototyping, contributing to technologies that may influence Huawei Cloud, GaussDB, and future data infrastructure for AI and intelligent applications.
Working as part of the Huawei Database team will involve empirical computer science research, system design, and prototype implementation within the Huawei Edinburgh office. The role also includes close collaboration with local universities, academic researchers, and Huawei expert teams in the UK, Europe, and China.
The Edinburgh office brings together teams working on database systems, programming languages, compilers, knowledge graphs, positioning and navigation, and cloud systems infrastructure. This creates a strong environment for multidisciplinary research at the intersection of data systems, AI, cloud computing, hardware acceleration, and software infrastructure.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to work on impactful research problems in modern data management, where research outcomes can be transferred into real-world database products and large-scale data platforms.

Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
Strong background in the internals of computer systems, database systems, AI systems, distributed systems, operating systems, or related areas.
Solid understanding of database system principles, such as query processing, query optimization, storage engines, indexing, transaction processing, concurrency control, recovery, or distributed data management.
Hands-on experience in system design, implementation, evaluation, and performance debugging.
Proficiency in one or more system-level programming languages, such as C, C++, Rust, or Go.
Ability to conduct empirical systems research, including workload analysis, benchmarking, profiling, experiment design, and performance interpretation.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work on open-ended research and engineering problems.
Effective technical communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
Experience contributing to database systems, data processing engines, storage systems, distributed systems, compilers, operating systems, or other low-level infrastructure projects.
Deep knowledge of the internals of modern database architectures, such as distributed databases, HTAP systems, cloud-native databases, vector databases, graph databases, lakehouse systems, or AI-native data platforms.
Experience with internals of open-source systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, DuckDB, Spark, Flink, Velox, ClickHouse, RocksDB, TiDB, ArangoDB, OrientDB, TileDB Embedded, or similar systems.
Familiarity with hardware-conscious system design, including multi-core CPUs, NUMA, RDMA, CXL, NVM, SSDs, GPUs, NPUs, or heterogeneous computing platforms.
Experience with AI-related data infrastructure, such as vector search, embedding management, RAG systems, knowledge graphs, semantic data management, or agent-oriented memory systems.
Publications in top-tier database, systems, or AI infrastructure venues are desirable but not essential.

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Growing by reflection., 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 centers around the globe. In the UK, we already have design centers in Cambridge, London, Edinburgh and Ipswich. 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.

33 days annual leave entitlement per year (including UK public holidays)
Group Personal Pension
Life insurance
Private medical insurance
Medical expense claim scheme
Employee Assistance Program
Cycle to work scheme
Company sports club and social events
Additional time off for learning and development

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