Expert/Principal Software Engineer

Arista Networks • vancouver, bc, Canada • Posted June 13, 2026

Location vancouver, bc
Job Type Full-time
Category Other-General
Posted June 13, 2026
Requirements

This role demands strong and broad software engineering fundamentals, and ideally a good understanding of linux system software including various IPC mechanisms like sockets, shared memory etc and interfacing with hardware via applications, device drivers and APIs An understanding of networking including L2 and L3 and switching ASICs will be helpful but not essential to your role BS Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 12 years experience, or MS Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 10 years experience, or Ph.D. in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering + 7 years experience or equivalent work experience Knowledge of C, C++, and python Hands-on experience working with open source software Experience writing Linux drivers and APIs for managing hardware or other software resources Experience programming ASICs and other custom hardware Ability to utilize, test, and debug open source software libr...

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