Software Engineer

Company Description

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client to cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. Our switch systems have touched every corner of the market - from the data centers of the world’s largest cloud-computing companies to your local university’s server room, and every application in between. We design virtually all the hardware and software that goes into our products and it’s a badge we wear proudly. Our team is composed of experienced management and industry-leading engineering talent. Arista offers great benefits, work-life balance, and an environment that will challenge you to make a name for yourself in this industry.

Job Description

Arista Networks is looking for exceptional recent college graduates in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering to join the software team. Roles for recent graduates are available in a number of areas; a few examples include: The EOS Routing team is responsible for developing features and underlying control plane infrastructure across the spectrum of networking protocols. The Packet Forwarding team develops EOS features and programs hardware to maximize forwarding engine efficiency and scale with complex feature interactions. The Application team is building the next-generation, web-based provisioning, monitoring, analytics and visualization interface to allow network operators to better configure, monitor, and control their networks. And the Engineering Productivity Team creates, scales and operates the automation systems and infrastructure used across all engineering teams to maximize development efficiencies and eliminate repetitive tasks.

Arista provides an open Engineering-driven culture which fosters innovation and enables engineers to Learn, Lead and Thrive. Our adoption of modern software tools and processes and strong focus on automation enables our engineers to be amongst the most productive in the industry. Arista's products are purpose built with the scale, performance and quality required to operate in some of the most demanding environments in the industry. This provides engineers the platform and rigor to learn and gain experience in building complex, distributed and scalable software systems. Arista engineers collaborate and work seamlessly across various feature areas to deliver top-notch network solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Work independently or as part of a team to design, develop and maintain world class software modules and components to deliver state of the art networking systems and applications.
• Own all aspects of development and delivery of software
• Build automated tests and infrastructure to test the features.
• Work with support engineers and customers to troubleshoot and resolve problems in their networks.
• Work with the System Test Engineers to analyze problems found in their tests and provide fixes for those problems.

Qualifications

• BS, MS or Ph.D. in CS/EE/CE
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages C/C++, Python, Go, HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• Software development experience with Linux
• Understanding and ability to apply Software Engineering principles
• Strong problem solving and software troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a small team environment
• Hands on experience developing networking or distributed systems software is a plus

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.