Software Engineer (Hardware Tools and Infrastructure)

Arista Networks • Santa Clara, CA

86d • $119,000 - $148,000

About The Position

The Arista Hardware team is responsible for designing and delivering the most technologically advanced networking equipment. As a Software Engineer, you will have the unique opportunity to work on a groundbreaking system that will serve the entire hardware team to deliver and grow our multi-billion dollar business line. You will be developing tools and processes focused on improving the productivity of the whole Hardware Engineers in the organization. You will drive the design and development of tools such as parsers and dashboards which aid in automated hardware verification. We are obsessed with continuously improving the level of automation in all hardware design areas. You will be responsible for continuously improving this automation infrastructure, maintaining the quality of our code through the code development of development and review processes, and mentor others in these efforts. Please note that this position is not eligible for remote work and requires the candidate to be local to the Bay Area.

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on experience.
• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (preferred).
• Proficiency in programming languages including, but not limited to, Python, C++, and Golang.
• Experience developing in a Linux environment.
• A strong desire to improve processes and productivity through automation.
• Self-motivated attitude and open to new ideas and other ways of thinking.
• An insatiable curiosity to learn new engineering disciplines.
• Experience working with multi-disciplined, cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in developing and maintaining services.
• Experience with CI/CD development workflows and tools.
• Exposure to hardware design, verification, and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to design, build, and manage secure, scalable, and fault-tolerant tools and infrastructure.
• Create various tools integrating them to the Arista unified ecosystem.
• Support agile manufacturing by designing and developing tools that dynamically provide configuration information to tests.
• Automate manual, people-driven processes into data-driven workflows.
• Build automated closed-loop hardware testing infrastructure for Arista network switches.
• Continuously improve test-coverage for development and field issues.
• Define and drive quality code development processes to align the team.
• Work directly with hardware team customers to identify and develop key efforts that can drastically improve hardware development process in terms of quality and efficiency.
• Monitor and report on tools and infrastructure to ensure ongoing tools quality.
• Write and validate high-quality code adhering to Arista code development standards.
• Document and validate developed features comprehensively.
• Provide support to hardware team customers.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Wellbeing programs
• Tax savings and income protection

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees