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# Senior Software Engineer - C++ - Platform - Hungary

- **Company:** Arista Networks
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Abstraction Layers, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Multi-protocol Systems, Multicasting, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Computer Networking Systems, Software Coding
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/px8i3hg67l

## About the Role

* 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.

#low-level software user space #kernel code #drivers #hardware ASICs #EOS #Extensible Operating System #networking protocols, #ASIC #performance-critical systems #embedded systems #embedded C, * 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

## Description

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