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Solid job - Software Engineer Arista Networks Employee Review

4.0
Feb 16, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Company culture here is really good to engineers. When I look around, most faces look happy. People are generally very helpful, and give real answers to my questions, rather than brushing me off with 'read the documentation'. Annual bonuses are based strictly on a peer review process; this is really cool because you are rewarded not for sucking up to your manager, but rather by demonstrating your merits to your co-workers. Compensation is fair. And it doesn't hurt that the company as a whole is kicking butt, so stock prices are growing rapidly right now.

Cons

Headquarters is in the middle of nowhere in Santa Clara, so commute from downtown is pretty bad. If you don't mind living in the burbs, this might not be a problem for you. And of course, network switching isn't exactly the sexiest industry to work in; my non-technical friends and family will never ever understand what I do for a living.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Extremely talented engineering team - Extremely challenging and rewarding projects - Very good total compensation and stock performance - Very little politics, focus is on engineering and delivering products

Cons

- Limited corporate/team events, team 'swag' etc.

3.0
Mar 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Top-tier technology. brilliant engineers. Incredible customer support TAC. The hyperscalers are consuming Arista tech at an alarming rate, and that serves as a great testimonial to the integrity of the technology, but the GTM strategy for Campus expansion is nonexistent.

Cons

Campus/Enterprise & Commercial sales regions are on an island of their own. Zero business development teams, zero marketing, zero branding, zero latest generation tools to prospect, research, and extract data to target your campaigns. If you don't have existing relationships in your market, then you're on your own to prospect, generate interest, connect with decision makers, identify "at bat opportunities" and close new business. The Hyperscaler use-case examples aren't enough to win real enterprise business from Cisco and HPE.

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