Software Engineer (Platform/EOS/Networking)

Arista Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data centers and campuses. The Software Engineer role focuses on delivering cutting edge features in Platform/EOS/Networking, with ownership of design and implementation across the product.

Based in Santa Clara, California, Arista offers a collaborative, engineering-centric environment with opportunities to work on hardware-aware software, system-level design, and end-to-end feature delivery in a global,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry software experience.
• Strong background in algorithms and software architecture.
• Fluent in C/C++ programming.
• Hands-on design and implementation in product-engineering environments.
• Strong debugging skills in embedded systems.
• Experience with forwarding ASICs, FPGAs, and network processors.
• Experience with hardware abstraction layer.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience across the complete software development life cycle, from requirements to delivery.
• Experience in network systems software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Suggesting and deciding what features to build
• Driving the design and architecture
• Pushing, testing, documenting the feature
• Working alongside customers in the field if needed

Skills

C/C++ programming

Algorithms

Software architecture

Embedded systems debugging

HW abstraction layer

Network Processors experience

FPGAs/ASICs

Team collaboration

SDLC

Requirements gathering

Job description

Software Engineer (Platform/EOS/Networking)

• Full-time

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. Arista is a well-established and profitable company with over $8 billion in revenue. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds up to 800G bits per second, redefine scalability, agility, and resilience. Arista is a founding member of the Ultra Ethernet consortium. We have shipped over 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Arista is committed to open standards, and its products are available worldwide directly and through partners.

At Arista, we value the diversity of thought and perspectives each employee brings. We believe 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 the Great Place to Work Survey for Best Engineering Team and 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 quality and performance standards in everything we do.

Who You’ll Work With

You will work with the Platform team whowork closest to the hardware and programming chips.

What You’ll Do

As a Software Engineer your core responsibility is to deliver new cutting edge product features. A major part of this is writing and owning design/implementation of the code that drives our products. However, the role of a Software Engineer is much bigger than ‘simply’ writing code. Software engineers work on the whole development process, including:

• Suggesting and deciding what features to build
• Driving the design and architecture
• Pushing, testing, documenting the feature
• Working alongside customers in the field if needed

Are you right for this role?

This is an interesting and exciting opportunity to be a part of the software development team that is redefining Data Center switching. For success at Arista all you need is:

• Strong industry experience of 5+ years
• Extensive background in algorithms and strong software architecture skills
• Fluency in C/C++programming
• Hands-on experience with designs and implementations in a strong product-engineering environment.
• Strong software debugging skills especially in embedded systems.
• Experience with software development for the forwarding ASICs, FPGAs, Network Processors etc
• Experience with hardware abstraction layer
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment
• Experience working through the complete software development life cycle right fromrequirements gathering to deliver the fully developed feature.
• Experience in Network Systems Software development is a plus

Arista stands out as an engineering-centric company. Our leadership, including founders and engineering managers, are all engineers who understand sound software engineering principles and the importance of doing things right.

We hire globally into our diverse team. At Arista, engineers have complete ownership of their projects. Our management structure is flat and streamlined, and software engineering is led by those who understand it best. We prioritize the development and utilization of test automation tools.

Our engineers have access to every part of the company, providing opportunities to work across various domains. Arista is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with development offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, and the US. We consider all our R&D centers equal in stature.

Join us to shape the future of networking and be part of a culture that values invention, quality, respect, and fun.

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