RequirementsBSc, MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering with 3+ years of related post graduate work experienceKnowledge of C, C++, and/or pythonKnowledge of UNIX or LinuxUnderstanding of L2/L3 networking including at least one of the following areas is desirable:IP routing protocols, such as RIP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, or PIMLayer 2 features such as 802.1d bridging, the 802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol, the 802.1ax Link Aggregation Control Protocol, the 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol, or RFC 1812 IP routingAbility to utilize, test, and debug packet forwarding engine and a hardware component's vendor provided software libraries in your solutionsInfrastructure functions related to distributed systems such as messaging, signaling, databases, and command line interface techniquesHands‐on experience in the design and development of ethernet bridging or routing related software or distributed systems software is desirableHands‐on experience with enterprise or service provider class Ethernet switch/router system software development, or significant PhD level research in the area of network routing and packet forwarding is desirableApplied understanding of software engineering principlesStrong problem solving and software troubleshooting skillsAbility 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 oversightWhat the job involvesArista Networks is looking for world‐class software engineers to join our Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) software development teamAs a core member of the SONiC team, you will be part of a fast‐paced,



high caliber team building and qualifying features to run the world's largest data center networksThe SONiC team is responsible for all aspects of the development and delivery of SONiC software meant to run on various Arista switchesYou will work with your fellow engineers and members of the marketing team to gather and understand the functional and technical requirements for upcoming projectsYou will help write functional specifications, design specifications, test plans, and the code to bring all of these to life and work with the SONiC community to upstream the code/test changesYou will also work with customers to triage and fix problems in their networksInternally, you will develop automated tests for your software, monitor the execution of those tests, and triage and fix problems found by your testsAt Arista, you will own your projects from definition to deployment, and you will be responsible for the quality of everything you deliverThis role demands strong and broad software engineering fundamentals, and ideally a good understanding of networking including capabilities like L2, L3, and fundamentals of commercial switching HWWrite functional specifications and design specifications for system software to manage hardware componentsIndependently implement solutions to small‐sized problems in the system software using the C, C++, and python programming languagesWrite test plan specifications for small‐sized features and implement automated test programs to execute the cases described in the test planDebug problems found by our automated test programs and fix the problemsWork on a team implementing, testing, and debugging solutions to larger routing protocol problemsWorth with Customer Support Engineers to analyze problems in customer networks and provide fixes for those problems when needed in the form of current software releases or software patchesWork with the System Test Engineers to analyze problems found in their tests and provide fixes for those problemsMentor new and junior engineers to bring them up to speed in Arista's software development environment as well as broader SONiC developmentReview and contribute to the specifications and implementations written by other team members and the SONiC communityHelp to create a schedule for the implementation and debugging tasks, update that schedule weekly, and report it to the project lead

📌 Software Engineer - Sonic (Vancouver)
🏢 Arista Networks
📍 Vancouver