Job Description

Job Description

Who You’ll Work With

You will work with the Platform team who work 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 3+ 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.

    • Qualifications

  • 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
  • Datapath forwarding for ACLs, QoS, Unicast, Multicast, EVPN MPLS, VXLAN, OAM etc
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment
  • Experience working through the complete software development life cycle right from requirements gathering to deliver the fully developed feature.
  • Experience in Network Systems Software development is a plus

    • Additional Information

    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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