Extensibility Engineer - 100% Remote

Arista Networks; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 89,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Metro Vancouver is seeking a software engineer to join their Professional Services team. This role involves developing innovative network automation frameworks and software solutions to enhance customers' networking capabilities. Candidates should have a strong programming background in Python, Golang, or Rust, and at least 3 years of professional experience. The role offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• 3+ years professional software development experience.
• Experience comfortable in all phases of software development life cycle.
• Keen intellect with willingness to keep learning.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative frameworks for network automation.
• Design and implement solutions for advanced networking infrastructure.
• Build software tools for network deployment and operation.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

Proficiency in Golang

Proficiency in Rust

Excellent communication skills

Problem solving skills

Education

Masters or Bachelors degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Bitbucket

Unix

Linux

Job description

Overview

Company Description

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. What sets us apart is our relentless pursuit of innovation. We leverage the latest advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking to provide our clients with a competitive edge in an increasingly interconnected world. Our solutions are designed to not only meet the current demands of the digital landscape but to also anticipate and adapt to future challenges.

At Arista we value the diversity of thought and perspectives that each employee brings to the table. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment, where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome, is essential for driving creativity and innovation.

Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as Best Engineering Team, Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest standards of quality and performance in everything we do.

Who You\'ll Work With

Who You'll Work With

Arista Networks is seeking candidates to join the Professional Services (Software Development) team. This team is a global team of software engineers working to deliver high quality and robust software to help Arista's customers and internal colleagues achieve their goals and solve interesting real-life problems.

What You'll Do

What You'll Do

The team's work can be divided into three main areas:

• Network automation: Developing innovative frameworks for customers by leveraging cutting-edge network automation techniques
• Software customizations: Designing and implementing solutions to help customers deploy and operate advanced networking infrastructure
• Efficiency enablement: Building software tools to help internal and external collaborators work more productively when deploying, migrating and operating networks

Qualifications

• Masters or Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3+ years professional software development experience
• Proficiency in Python, Golangor Rust
• Expertise in version control systems (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
• Knowledge of testing frameworks (e.g. PyTest, GoMock)
• Understanding of IP networking and/or distributed systems
• Experience with Unix or Linux
• Comfortable working in all phases of software development life cycle
• Personable with excellent communication skills
• Great problem solving, analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work independently, and also collaborate effectively within a team
• Keen intellect with willingness to keep learning and developing
• Knowledge and/or willingness to make use of AI tooling to improve software development productivity

Desired Experience

• Experience with CI platforms (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins)
• Familiarity with design and implementation of scalable cloud-based web applications using GCP
• Familiarity with creation and management of cloud-based infrastructure using IaC (Infrastructure as code) tools like Terraform
• Familiarity with container technologies (e.g. Docker, Podman, Kubernetes) and service orchestration (e.g. Ansible, Terraform)
• Familiarity with Nautobot or Netbox
• Experience with data center networking, management and orchestration
• Experience building third party software integrations and APIs
• Experience working in a customer-facing role

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Additional Information

The new hire base pay for this role has a pay range of $89,000 to $140,000. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location, so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location.

The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista’s Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. Employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, income protection and a Group Retirement Savings Plan. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location.