Senior LLM Agent Researcher - Contractor

About Huawei

Huawei’s products and services are available in more than 170 countries and are used by a third of the world’s population. Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) is one of Huawei’s three business units and covers smartphones, PCs and tablets, wearables and cloud services, etc. Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) is part of CBG and develops new cloud services offered free of charge to Huawei mobile device users.

HMS ecosystem is now the third largest ecosystem in the world with more than 96,000 global apps integrated with HMS Core. HMS Apps continues to launch globally, with content apps such as HUAWEI Music, HUAWEI Video, HUAWEI Themes, HUAWEI Reader and HUAWEI Game Centre taking center stage in various countries and regions.

About the IRC

Huawei Ireland Research Centre's (IRC) mission is to position Huawei as a recognized technology leader and global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. We are building an industry-recognized multi-disciplinary Research Centre of experts focusing on medium-term to long-term issues to achieve this. The IRC will work closely with an open, innovative ecosystem with Huawei customers to address real-world issues. The IRC will also engage with key European universities to build a basic research capability to support Huawei technical projects.

About the Role

Huawei Ireland Research Centre is expanding an LLM research team that will focus on research and developing AI algorithms for cutting-edge advancements in LLM and Agents, with a focus on domain-specific foundation models, multi agent and web agent systems tailored to Huawei Consumer Cloud services. Key application areas include smart health, data, infrastructure and advertising operations, etc.

The Ireland-based research team will work closely with the Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) in the Headquarters, CBG covers smartphones, PC and tablets, wearables, mobile broadband device, family device and device cloud service, and is the second largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. Huawei Consumer BG is dedicated to delivering the latest technologies to consumers and sharing the happiness of technological advances with more people around the world. Walk the walk and make dreams come true.

Key Responsibilities

• Build frontier Agentic AI systems: architect and ship production-grade LLM-powered agents with high scalability and low latency.

• Stay ahead of the curve: track AI advancements, evaluate emerging tools, and share knowledge across the team.

• Own the full lifecycle: independently drive features from requirements and design to deployment and post-launch monitoring.

• Keep production resilient: troubleshoot incidents, harden error handling, and build effective observability.

• Collaborate across functions: partner with product, frontend/backend, SRE, and business stakeholders to turn requirements into robust solutions.

Requirements

• Education: Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI, or a related quantitative field.

• Core Engineering: 2+ years of hands-on experience in backend or algorithm development, with expert-level proficiency in Python and a strong track record of writing production-grade, scalable code.

• LLM & Agentic Systems: Proven experience building and deploying LLM-powered applications or autonomous agents — RAG pipelines, conversational AI, or intelligent assistants — with deep understanding of their architectures and limitations. Hands-on with agentic runtime harnesses, MCP tools/resources for standardized tool integration, and composable agent skills for procedural task execution.

• Analytical Mindset: Strong problem-solving skills with a knack for structuring and resolving ambiguous, high-impact challenges in dynamic environments.

• Collaboration & Mentorship: Excellent communicator and team player, with a track record of mentoring junior engineers, fostering knowledge sharing, and contributing to a positive, high-performance culture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Earned a Ph.D. from a globally recognized university with a strong emphasis on AI/CS research.

• A proven publication record in top-tier AI conferences.

• Active involvement in or meaningful contributions to high-impact open-source AI projects, with publicly accessible portfolios.

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