Researcher – Web Agent

Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a Researcher. 

About the team:

The Web Technology Lab focuses on two areas of next-generation web technology: Web Rendering and Web Agents. Web Rendering explores the Chromium rendering architecture, including the development of concurrent web layout systems and the use of vertical integration opportunities to optimize performance and user experience. Web Agents explores how AI agents understand websites, leverage web capabilities, and complete tasks for users. This includes browser-native agents and emerging technologies such as WebMCP, helping evolve the web from a space primarily designed for people to browse and interact with into one where people and AI agents can work together. Together, these efforts aim to make the web more efficient to render and easier for both people and AI agents to use.

About the job:

• Research how state-of-the-art web agents (browser-use, computer-use, MCP-based agents) interact with real-world websites — identifying failure modes, reliability gaps, and capabi