Senior Layer1 Software Engineer – Networking & Telemetry

Arista; Town of Poland (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Arista Networks is hiring a Layer1 software engineer to work on software that controls the physical layer and enables reliable 1GBASE-T to 400G optics. You’ll craft software across multiple forwarding engines and gearboxes, build telemetry tools, and collaborate with optics teams to define new media standards.

You will own projects end-to-end, from feature definition to deployment, with opportunities to shift across Layer1 areas as needs evolve.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of C or C++ and Python.
• Knowledge of UNIX or Linux.
• Experience with low level hardware components is a plus.
• Understanding of IP networking and/or distributed systems is a plus.
• Applied understanding of software engineering principles.
• Strong problem solving and software troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Interface with customers, product management and hardware engineers to come up with innovative new Layer1 features.
• Architect, design and manage the development of these features.
• Develop and maintain features using C, C++, and Python; build automated tests and test infrastructure.
• Work with hardware and manufacturing teams to bring new Layer1 components to market.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to design optimal software control interfaces for Layer1 components.
• Provide technical leadership across features, projects and tools.
• Work with Customer Support Engineers and customers to analyze, mitigate and fix problems in customer networks.
• Work with System Test Engineers to analyze problems found in tests and provide fixes.
• Mentor new and junior engineers to bring them up to speed.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Tools

UNIX/Linux

Job description

Arista Networks is hiring a Layer1 software engineer to work on software that controls the physical layer and enables reliable 1GBASE-T to 400G optics. You’ll craft software across multiple forwarding engines and gearboxes, build telemetry tools, and collaborate with optics teams to define new media standards.

You will own projects end-to-end, from feature definition to deployment, with opportunities to shift across Layer1 areas as needs evolve.