Software Engineer, Arista
SONiC
CA$95-145k
Data-driven networking platform
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Data-driven networking platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$95-145k
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
- This role demands strong and broad software engineering fundamentals, and ideally a good understanding of networking including capabilities like L2, L3, and fundamentals of commercial switching HW
- BSc, MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering with 2+ years of related post graduate work experience
- Knowledge of C, C++, and/or python
- Knowledge of UNIX or Linux
- Understanding of L2/L3 networking including at least one of the following areas is desirable:
- IP routing protocols, such as RIP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, or PIM
- Layer 2 features such as 802.1d bridging, the 802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol, the 802.1ax Link Aggregation Control Protocol, the 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol, or RFC 1812 IP routing
- Ability to utilize, test, and debug packet forwarding engine and a hardware component’s vendor provided software libraries in your solutions
- Infrastructure functions related to distributed systems such as messaging, signaling, databases, and command line interface techniques
- Hands-on experience in the design and development of ethernet bridging or routing related software or distributed systems software is desirable
- Hands-on experience with enterprise or service provider class Ethernet switch/router system software development, or significant PhD level research in the area of network routing and packet forwarding is desirable
- 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 software engineers to join our Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) software development team. As a core member of the SONiC team, you will be part of a fast-paced, high caliber team building and qualifying features to run the world's largest data center networks
- The SONiC team is responsible for all aspects of the development and delivery of SONiC software meant to run on 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 and work with the SONiC community to upstream the code/test changes.
- 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
- Write functional specifications and design specifications for system software to manage hardware components
- Independently implement solutions to small-sized problems in the system software using the C, C++, and python programming languages
- Write test plan specifications for small-sized features 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 to larger routing protocol problems
- Worth 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 as well as broader SONiC development
- Review and contribute to the specifications and implementations written by other team members and the SONiC community
- 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.
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Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2020
$36m
SERIES C
Jul 2017
$30m
LATE VC
Total funding: $66m
Company values
- Respect
- Integrity
- Teamwork
- Innovation
- Passion
- Trust
- Quality
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
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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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