Software Engineer (Senior, Lead), SDN / Networking / Embedded Systems 100% Remote or Nashua, NH

Company: Arista Networks
Location: Fort Worth
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

Company Description
Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver software-driven cloud networking solutions for large data center storage and computing environments. Arista's award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10 to 100 gigabits per second, redefine scalability, agility and resilience. Arista has shipped more than 10 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding member of the 25/50GbE consortium. Arista Networks products are available worldwide directly and through partners.
At the core of Arista's platform is the Extensible Operating System (EOS---), a ground-breaking network operating system with single-image consistency across hardware platforms, and modern core architecture enabling in-service upgrades and application extensibility.

Job Description
Arista Networks is looking for world-class software engineers at multiple levels to join our team to build product features related to SDN, Routing Protocols, Network Management, Packet Forwarding Engines, Linux kernel and Network OS infrastructure. You will be part of a fast paced, high caliber team building the software for the routing and switching products used to build the industry's largest data center networks.
At Arista, you will own your projects from definition to deployment, and you will be responsible for the quality of everything you deliver. You will also have the opportunity to work on multiple projects and areas based on business needs and personal interest.
This role demands a strong and broad software engineering background. Your role will not be limited to any single aspect of software development at Arista, but will cover all aspects of software development spanning the addition of new features, debugging problems and fine tuning code for scalability and performance.

Responsibilities:
Develop, review and contribute to, functional and design specifications.
Architect, design and develop features, feature tests and solutions. Fix bugs and refactor code as needed.
Provide technical leadership across features, projects and tools.
Work with Customer Support Engineers to analyze problems in customer networks 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.

Qualifications
At least BS Computer Science + 7 years' experience, MS Computer Science + 5 years' experience, or Ph.D. + 3 years' experience in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Knowledge of one or more of C++, Python, Go, C.
Knowledge of UNIX or Linux.
Understanding of IP networking and/or distributed systems.
Hands on experience in the design and development of Ethernet bridging or routing related software or distributed systems software.
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. Ability to drive the project with limited oversight.

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