Expert/Principal Software Engineer, Arista
CA$140-210k
Data-driven networking platform
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Data-driven networking platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$140-210k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To design, manufacture and deliver leading data-driven cloud networking solutions in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner.
Role
Who you are
- BS Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 12 years experience, or MS Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 10 years experience, or Ph.D. in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 7 years experience or equivalent work experience
- Knowledge of C, C++, and python
- Hands-on experience working with open source software
- Experience writing Linux drivers and APIs for managing hardware or other software resources
- Experience programming ASICs and other custom hardware
- Ability to utilize, test, and debug open source software libraries and other software used in your development activities
- Infrastructure functions related to distributed systems such as messaging, signalling, databases, and command line interface techniques
- Applied understanding of software engineering principles
- Strong problem solving and software troubleshooting skills
- Ability to design a solution to a small-sized problem, and implement that solution without outside help. Able to work on a small team solving a medium-sized problem with limited oversight
What the job involves
- Arista Networks is looking for world-class Senior/Lead system software engineers to join our Extensible Operating System (EOS) software development team
- As a core member of the EOS team, you will be part of a fast-paced, high caliber team-building features to run the world's largest data center networks
- Your software will be a key component of Arista's EOS and related software, Arista's unique, Linux-based network operating system that runs on all of Arista's data center networking products
- The EOS team is responsible for all aspects of the development and delivery of software meant to run on the various Arista switches
- You will work with your fellow engineers and members of the marketing team to gather and understand the functional and technical requirements for upcoming projects
- You will help write functional specifications, design specifications, test plans, and the code to bring all of these to life
- You will also work with customers to triage and fix problems in their networks
- Internally, you will develop automated tests for your software, monitor the execution of those tests, and triage and fix problems found by your tests
- At Arista, you will own your projects from definition to deployment, and you will be responsible for the quality of everything you deliver
- This role demands strong and broad software engineering fundamentals, and ideally a good understanding of linux system software including various IPC mechanisms like sockets, shared memory etc and interfacing with hardware via applications, device drivers and APIs
- Working with, understanding and modifying existing open source software will be part of the role
- An understanding of networking including L2 and L3 and switching ASICs will be helpful but not essential to your role
- Your role will not be limited to a single aspect of EOS at Arista, but cover all aspects of EOS
- Write functional specifications and design specifications for drivers and API to manage hardware devices in linux and implement
- Independently implement solutions to small-sized problems in our EOS and related software, using the C, C++, and python programming languages
- Write test plan specifications and implement automated test programs to execute the cases described in the test plan
- Debug problems found by our automated test programs and fix the problems
- Work on a team implementing, testing, and debugging solutions for networking infrastructure include AI networking
- Worth with Customer Support Engineers to analyze problems in customer installations and provide fixes for those problems when needed in the form of new software releases or software patches
- Work with the System Test Engineers to analyze problems found in their tests and provide fixes for those problems
- Mentor new and junior engineers to bring them up to speed in Arista’s software development environment
- Review and contribute to the specifications and implementations written by other team members
- Help to create a schedule for the implementation and debugging tasks, update that schedule weekly, and report it to the project lead
Our take
Arista is a supplier of cloud networking solutions, addressing the needs of internet companies, cloud service providers, and enterprises. While the business is not tied to a crowd of large customers, companies are nonetheless attracted to its CloudVision Software - which has the potential to save them a significant amount of money.
The company's growth so far has led to it being seen as a rising star in the computer networking industry. It competes directly with digital giant Cisco, but despite this boasts impressive revenue growth. In fact, Arista has been vocal with its confidence that it can continue to grow at a rapid pace, as it further develops its offering for the networking market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2020
$36m
SERIES C
Jul 2017
$30m
LATE VC
Total funding: $66m
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
Leadership
Andreas von Bechtolsheim
(CDO)Previously was a co-founder and Chief System Architect at Sun Microsystems. Has also received the EY 2015 US Entrepreneur of the Year Award and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Kenneth Duda
(CTO)Holds 3 simultaneous engineering degrees from MIT as well as a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University. Previously worked as the CTO at There and was also the first employee of Granite Systems, where they lead the software development team.
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