Distinguished Engineer - Software IDE & AI Assisted Development

About the role

Huawei Canada’s Software IDE Innovation Lab is building an AI‑native integrated development environment (IDE) and a suite of enterprise‑level intelligent tools. The Distinguished Engineer will lead the exploration and breakthrough of innovative IDE technologies that enhance developer experience, productivity, and ecosystem growth.

Key responsibilities

• Explore and create breakthrough IDE technologies that simplify, accelerate, and smarten software development.
• Prototype, validate, and gradually roll out innovative IDE features for open‑scenario developers.
• Collaborate with programming language and compiler teams to deliver a closed‑loop solution that combines language, compiler, and IDE capabilities.
• Support the development of an industry‑wide developer ecosystem and contribute to Huawei’s business success.

Required profile

• Deep familiarity with mainstream IDE products and a track record of leading the design of at least one commercial IDE.
• Minimum five years of experience in IDE kernel and plug‑in development, with hands‑on work on source code of major IDE projects.
• Proven ability to design and develop IDE plug‑ins and to influence industry standards.
• Strong understanding of software engineering, program analysis, testing, and debugging; publications or patents are a plus.

Required skills

• IDE kernel development
• IDE plug‑in development
• Code editor, syntax highlighting, debugger, code search, visual programming
• Software engineering, program analysis, testing, debugging