Senior Software Engineer - Layer1 - C++
Arista Networks26 days ago
Dublin, IrelandSenior
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with customers, product managers, and hardware engineers to define and develop Layer1 features.
- Architect, design, implement, and manage development of Layer1 software features.
- Develop and maintain features using C, C++, and Python.
- Build automated tests and test infrastructure for Layer1 features.
- Work with hardware and manufacturing teams to bring PHYs, transceivers, and other Layer1 components to market.
- Design software control interfaces for Layer1 hardware components.
- Build instrumentation and telemetry tools to monitor and troubleshoot physical link health.
- Analyze and fix issues found by customers, customer support engineers, and system test engineers.
- Provide technical leadership across features, projects, and tools.
- Mentor new and junior engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering plus 8 years of experience; or a master’s degree plus 6 years; or a Ph.D. 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 problem-solving and troubleshooting 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 is a plus.
- Understanding of IP networking or distributed systems is a plus.
- Experience with low-level hardware components is a plus.
Benefits
- Working hours will be agreed in advance with the team manager.
About Arista Networks
Arista Networks builds cloud networking hardware and software for large data centers, campus networks, and WAN routing. Its portfolio centers on EOS, a Linux-based network operating system, CloudVision management, and Ethernet switches used by cloud providers and enterprises; revenue comes from product sales plus subscriptions and support. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Santa Clara, it is a public company on the NYSE (ticker: ANET).