Software Engineer - Platform Team - C++ on Linux

You will work with the Platform team who work closest to the hardware and programming chips. 

What You’ll Do

As a Software Engineer your core responsibility is to deliver new cutting edge product features. A major part of this is writing and owning design/implementation of the code that drives our products. However, the role of a Software Engineer is much bigger than ‘simply’ writing code. Software engineers work on the whole development process, including:

• Suggesting and deciding what features to build
• Driving the design and architecture
• Pushing, testing, documenting the feature
• Working alongside customers in the field if needed

Are you right for this role?

This is an interesting and exciting opportunity to be a part of the software development team that is redefining Data Center switching. For success at Arista all you need is:

• Strong industry experience of 3+ years
• Extensive background in algorithms and strong software architecture skills
• Fluency in C/C++ programming
• Hands-on experience with designs and implementations in a strong product-engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Strong software debugging skills especially in embedded systems.
• Experience with software development for the forwarding ASICs, FPGAs, Network Processors etc
• Experience with hardware abstraction layer
• Datapath forwarding for ACLs, QoS, Unicast, Multicast, EVPN MPLS, VXLAN, OAM etc
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment
• Experience working through the complete software development life cycle right from requirements gathering to deliver the fully developed feature.
• Experience in Network Systems Software development is a plus

• Strong engineering and Computer Science fundamentals.
• Extensive background in algorithms and strong software architecture skills.
• 5+ years fluency in one of C/C++/Python programming.
• Hands-on experience with designs and implementations in a strong product-engineering environment.

This role is a B2B 12 month rolling contract.