Job Description

Arista Networks is seeking candidates to join the Professional Services (Software Services) team for an internship or industrial placement.  This team is a global team of software engineers working to deliver high quality and robust software to help Arista's customers achieve their goals and solve real-life networking problems.  The team's work can be divided into four main areas: 

• Automation and testing: Using the latest automation techniques and tools

• Cloud services: Implementing scalable, flexible and cloud agnostic solutions for internal and external customers

• CloudVision applications: Building applications that leverage telemetry and CloudVision's open architecture

• EOS extensions: Exploiting EOS' extensibility to write software that runs directly on Arista switches

Qualifications

To undertake an internship within the Arista Professional Services, you will be required to be:

• in the penultimate year of the degree programme.

• studying towards obtaining an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronic & Electrical Engineering or similar courses.

PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE

Expertise with some of these languages/frameworks: 

• Python

• Go

• C/C++

• Rust

• Java

• Javascript (React.js, Node.js)

• Web technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, Webpack, and Nginx)

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Algorithms, Programming, Software Development, CI Tools (e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab), IP Networking, Linux/Unix, Embedded Systems.

OTHER SKILLS

• Personable with excellent communication skills.

• Great problem solving, analytical and troubleshooting skills.

• Keen intellect with willingness to keep learning and developing.

WHAT WILL I DO DURING MY INTERNSHIP?

• Code, test, debug software applications, and experiment with different design elements and patterns. 

• Collaborate with team members to develop new software or extend functionality of existing applications.

• Implement fixes that are in line with Software Engineer practices based on code reviews.

• Work in all phases of the software development life cycle.

• Shadow other engineers on their daily tasks and undertake work under mentors’ supervision.

• Establish and achieve goals using sprint scrum methodologies and contribute to the retrospective meetings.

• Prepare and deliver presentations to technical (and potentially non-technical) audiences.

 WHAT WILL I GET OUT OF MY INTERNSHIP?

• Gain experience that will equip you for the rest of your degree and for a professional engineering career.

• Develop collaborations and support peers in a professional engineering environment.

• Receive regular constructive feedback on your work.

• Interact and liaise with your mentor to successfully contribute to projects and engineering engagements. 

• Liaise with customers and audiences with technical and non-technical backgrounds. 

• Improve your soft skills: time management, communication, critical thinking, problem solving, documentation, teamwork, etc.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Where legally permitted, Arista requires all candidates for U.S.-based positions to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or have an approved accommodation under applicable law. Candidates anticipating seeking an exemption should contact Arista HR before their start date. Candidates accepting an offer must provide proof of vaccination status on their first day. All offers of employment are contingent upon complying with Arista's vaccination policy.