Arista Networks

Senior/Lead Software Engineer, Layer1

Arista Networks
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23 days ago
Vancouver, CanadaSenior / Staff+
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Responsibilities

  • Interface with customers, product management, and hardware engineers to define innovative Layer1 features.
  • Architect, design, manage development of, and independently implement Layer1 software features.
  • Develop and maintain features using C, C++, and Python, including code review and contributions to functional and design specifications.
  • Build automated tests and test infrastructure for Layer1 features.
  • Collaborate with hardware and manufacturing teams to bring PHYs, transceivers, and other Layer1 components to market.
  • Design software control interfaces for managing Layer1 components with hardware engineers.
  • Build instrumentation and telemetry tools to monitor and troubleshoot physical link health.
  • Provide technical leadership across features, projects, and tools.
  • Analyze customer-network and system-test problems, then develop mitigations and fixes.
  • Own projects from definition through deployment and customer interaction while ensuring delivery quality.
  • Mentor new and junior engineers in Arista’s software development environment.

Requirements

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

Benefits

  • Base pay is CAD 120,000 to CAD 195,000 across Canada, with location-specific ranges; bonuses and equity may also be available but are excluded from the stated base range.
  • Benefits include medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, income protection, and a Group Retirement Savings Plan.

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About Arista Networks

1,001-5,000 employees

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client to cloud networking for large data center/AI, campus and routing environments. Arista’s award-winning platforms deliver availability, agility, automation, analytics and security through an advanced network operating stack. visit https://www.arista.com. Additional information and resources can be found at: www.arista.com www.twitter.com/aristanetworks www.facebook.com/AristaNW www.youtube.com/user/AristaNetworks

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