BIOS Senior/Lead Software Engineer
Arista Networks2 months ago
Vancouver, CanadaSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, integrate, and maintain low-level CPU software in Arista products.
- Develop automated tests using C, C++, and Python.
- Bring up and qualify new CPUs, CPU boards, and related components with hardware engineers and vendors.
- Track Linux Kernel developments and identify relevant features for Arista products and internal development.
- Contribute features to upstream open source BIOS communities.
- Review and contribute to functional and design specifications.
- Analyze and fix issues found in system testing and customer networks.
- 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; alternatively, a master’s degree plus 6 years, a Ph.D. plus 3 years, or equivalent work experience.
- Expert knowledge and extensive experience programming in C.
- Experience designing and developing CPU firmware, BIOS, and boot loader software.
- Experience bringing up new CPU boards.
- Significant hands-on experience diagnosing, troubleshooting, and fixing low-level CPU firmware, BIOS, and boot loader issues.
- Knowledge of C++ and Python is desirable.
- Familiarity with Linux Kernel architecture, design, and implementation is desirable.
- Understanding of IP networking architecture, design, and principles is desirable.
- Applied understanding of modern software engineering practices, strong troubleshooting and implementation skills, and the ability to work independently or in small teams.
- Familiarity with x86 and ARM CPU architectures.
Benefits
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, income protection, and a Group Retirement Savings Plan.
- The role offers a base pay range of $120,000 to $195,000 across Canada, with location-specific ranges and potential discretionary bonuses and equity.
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).