Intern Engineer - AI Agent for Data

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.

• Build enterprise data foundations using knowledge graphs, metadata systems, vector databases, and enterprise data sources.

• Develop retrieval and grounding systems that connect AI agents to authoritative business knowledge.

• Design and implement AI agents that interact with databases, APIs, documents, and enterprise tools.

• Build RAG and agent workflows for retrieval, reasoning, validation, and tool execution.

• Develop persistent memory and state management for long-running, multi-step agent workflows.

• Support auditability, traceability, workflow recovery, and cross-session continuity.

• Implement governance-aware controls for data access, tool invocation, and agent actions.

• Integrate with enterprise platforms, MCP-compatible tools, and multiple LLM providers.

The total target annual compensation (based on 2,080 hours per year) ranges from $58,000 to $104,000 depending on education, experience, and demonstrated expertise.

• Experience building AI agents, multi-agent systems, RAG pipelines, or workflow-based AI applications.

• Strong understanding of LLMs, retrieval systems, agent memory, orchestration, and tool use.

• Experience with vector databases, semantic search, knowledge graphs, embeddings, or metadata systems.

• Strong software engineering skills in Rust or Python, and backend system development.

• Familiarity with databases, APIs, cloud platforms, and distributed systems.

• Experience with LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, or similar frameworks.

• Experience with Neo4j, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Milvus, Weaviate, Pinecone, pgvector, or equivalent technologies.

• Experience building enterprise AI platforms, agentic workflow systems, or AI infrastructure products.

Huawei Canada is committed to a fair, inclusive, and accessible recruitment process. If you require accommodation during any stage of the hiring process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

All applications for this position are reviewed directly by our hiring team, we do not use artificial intelligence tools to screen or select candidates.