Software Engineer (Platform/EOS/Networking)
Arista Networks · Bengaluru · 3+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-07-18
Tech stack: C, C++
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About the role
Who You’ll Work With 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
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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.