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Software Engineer at Arista Networks — Bengaluru

Experience5–9 yrs
SalaryNot disclosed
Work modeonsite
Levelsenior
Posted2 Sept 2026

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About Arista Networks

Arista Networks is hiring in Bengaluru in telecom. This role looks for around 5+ years of experience.

Skills

C/C++/Python
Algorithms
Software architecture
Network systems software

The role

A software engineer at a data center networking product company designs network systems software, develops embedded systems, and implements algorithms for switching features. The role applies C/C++/Python and software architecture to datapath forwarding and network processors.

Full job description

As a Software Engineer, your core responsibility is to deliver new product features. A major part of this is writing and owning the code that drives our products. However, the role of a software engineer is much bigger than simply writing code.

Responsibilities:

Suggesting and deciding what features to build.

Driving the design and architecture.

Pushing, testing, and documenting the feature.

Working alongside customers in the field if needed.

Requirements:

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 the following:

5-10 years of hands-on experience with designs and implementations in a strong product-engineering environment.

Strong engineering and computer science fundamentals.

Extensive background in algorithms and strong software architecture skills.

Fluency in one of the C/C++/Python programming languages.

Good-to-have 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 layers.

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 delivering the fully developed feature.

Experience in Network Systems Software development is a plus.