Senior/Lead Software Engineer, Packet Forwarding Engines

Job Description:

  • Write functional specifications and design specifications for small-sized packet forwarding engine features and system software to manage hardware components.
  • Independently implement solutions to small-sized problems in our packet forwarding engine software and system software using the C, C++, and python programming languages.
  • Understand, utilize, test, and debug packet forwarding engine and hardware components vendor-provided software libraries in your solutions.
  • Write test plan specifications for small-sized packet forwarding engine features and system software, 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 packet forwarding engine software problems and system software issues.
  • Work 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 hardware team and hardware component vendors to bring up initial versions of new systems using packet forwarding engines and system software.
  • Work with the diagnostic software team to design and develop software for the validation of new packet forwarding engine ASICs and hardware components.
  • 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.
  • Review and contribute to the specifications and implementations written by other team members.
  • Help to create a schedule for the implementation and debugging tasks, updating that schedule weekly, and reporting it to the project lead.

Requirements:

  • BS Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 8 years experience, or MS Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 6 years experience, or Ph.D. in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 3 years experience, or equivalent work experience
  • Experience or knowledge in C or C++
  • Knowledge of UNIX or Linux
  • Understanding of IP networking or distributed systems
  • 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.

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Wellbeing
  • Income protection
  • Group Retirement Savings Plan
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