Software Engineer (DPDK / Forwarding)

Job Description

Cloud EOS Team ? Arista Networks is the leader in building software driven cloud networks for today?s datacenter, cloud and campus environments. Arista delivers the most efficient, reliable and high performance Universal Cloud Network architectures based on 10G, 25G, 40G, 50G, 100G and 400G platforms delivered with an extensible operating system ? Arista EOS?. Arista EOS is built on an open, programmable, and resilient state-sharing architecture that delivers maximum system uptime, reduces CAPEX and OPEX by simplifying IT operations and enables business agility. ? We are building disruptive products and services that deliver highly automated networks that interconnect and secure connectivity between various global locations. As a part of the team you will be exposed to wide variety of technologies like EOS (Extensible Operating System), multithreaded, multicore software forwarding based on DPDK, public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) infrastructure, Path selection, NFV, Containers, Network Segmentation, Virtualization, microservice based architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and Terraform-based declarative provisioning models. As a core member of the CloudEOS team, you will be part of a fast paced, high-caliber team building cutting edge software products for Cloud-enabled WAN connectivity. The team is responsible for all aspects of the development and delivery of control plane, software data plane, and management platform/APIs/services. ? Arista provides an open Engineering-driven culture which fosters innovation and enables engineers to Learn, Lead and Thrive. Our adoption of modern software tools, methodologies and processes and emphasis on automation enables our engineers to focus their energies on the truly complex problems and be among the most productive in the industry. Arista's products are purpose built with the scale, performance and quality required to operate in some of the most demanding environments - this provides engineers the platform and rigour to learn and gain experience in building complex, scalable software systems. Basic qualifications ? Bachelor's/Master's degree in Engineering ? 3+ years of experience working as a Systems Software Development Engineer ? Proficiency in C++/C programming language ? Software Development experience with Linux Preferred qualifications ? Experience with DPDK, Software Forwarding, Qos. ? Python and/or Golang development experience ? 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 delivering the fully developed feature. ? Strong software debugging skills especially in embedded systems. ? Experience in Network Systems Software development is a plus