Senior/Lead Software Engineer, Layer1

🕒 July 7

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Arista Networks

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2004

🏢 Enterprise

📡 Telecommunications

💰 $2.6M Post-IPO Debt on 2015-05

Enterprise • Telecommunications • Cloud

Arista Networks is a leader in building scalable high-performance and ultra-low-latency networks for modern data center and cloud computing environments. The company offers a wide range of networking solutions including the Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS) for cloud networking, CloudVision for network automation and observability, and a variety of high-performance switches and routing platforms. Arista's solutions are designed for enterprise WANs, cloud-grade routing, multi-domain segmentation, security, and modern network operating models, making them a pivotal choice for hyperscale data centers and cloud environments.

📋 Description

• 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, review and contribute to functional and design specifications. • Build automated tests and test infrastructure to test the features. • Work with hardware and manufacturing teams to bring new Layer1 components like Phys and Transceivers to market. • Collaborate with hardware engineers to design optimal software control interfaces for managing 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 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.

🎯 Requirements

• BS Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 8 years experience, or MS Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 6 years experience, or Ph.D. in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 3 years experience, or equivalent work experience • Expert knowledge of C or C++ and Python. • Knowledge of UNIX or Linux • Knowledge of digital communication technologies like modulation and signal encoding schemes is a plus. • Understanding of IP networking and/or distributed systems is a plus • Experience working with low level hardware components is a plus • Applied understanding of software engineering principles • Strong problem solving and software troubleshooting skills • Ability to design a solution and implement features independently. • Ability to work in small teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • vision • wellbeing • income protection • Group Retirement Savings Plan