Software Engineer - Platform Team - C++ on Linux

Arista Networks · Budapest, , Hungary

ExclusiveRemoteContractPublished Jul 20, 2026

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About the role

You will work with the Platform team who work closest to the hardware and programming chips.

What You’ll Do

As a Software Engineer your core responsibility is to deliver new cutting edge product features. A major part of this is writing and owning design/implementation of the code that drives our products. However, the role of a Software Engineer is much bigger than ‘simply’ writing code. Software engineers work on the whole development process, including:

  • Suggesting and deciding what features to build
  • Driving the design and architecture
  • Pushing, testing, documenting the feature
  • Working alongside customers in the field if needed

Are you right for this role?

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:

  • Strong industry experience of 3+ years
  • Extensive background in algorithms and strong software architecture skills
  • Fluency in C/C++ programming
  • Hands-on experience with designs and implementations in a strong product-engineering environment.

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 layer
  • 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 deliver the fully developed feature.
  • Experience in Network Systems Software development is a plus
  • Strong engineering and Computer Science fundamentals.
  • Extensive background in algorithms and strong software architecture skills.
  • 5+ years fluency in one of C/C++/Python programming.
  • Hands-on experience with designs and implementations in a strong product-engineering environment.

This role is a B2B 12 month rolling contract.

Skills

  • C
  • C++
  • Python

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