Backend engineer scaling Redis and Valkey cache infrastructure for Affirm’s financial technology platform. Automating operations, migrations and self - service workflows for mission - critical data services.
About the role
- Senior/Lead Software Engineer developing and maintaining Arista's EOS software. Collaborating with teams to deliver high-quality networking solutions for data centers.
Responsibilities
- Write functional specifications and design specifications for features related to forwarding traffic on the internet and cloud data centers
- Independently implement solutions to small-sized problems in our EOS software, using the C, C++, and python programming languages
- Write test plan specifications for small-sized features in EOS, 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 routing protocol problems
- Worth 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 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, update that schedule weekly, and report 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
- Knowledge of C, C++, and/or python
- Knowledge of UNIX or Linux
- Understanding 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 PIM
- Layer 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 routing
- Ability to utilize, test, and debug packet forwarding engine and a hardware component’s vendor provided software libraries in your solutions
- Infrastructure functions related to distributed systems such as messaging, signalling, databases, and command line interface techniques
- Hands on experience in the design and development of ethernet bridging or routing related software or distributed systems software is desirable
- Hands 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
- 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
- medical
- dental
- vision
- wellbeing
- income protection
- Group Retirement Savings Plan
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