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Great people and empowering independence - Software Engineer Arista Networks Employee Review

5.0
Mar 10, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

I really enjoy working here. The people are great. Everyone is very smart and helpful. The high level of competency among engineers and managers enables independence. I feel that I am trusted by management to do the right thing on my projects and this lets me work unhampered.

Cons

The independence and trust that I talked about above also implies responsibility: I am the owner of the project I am working on. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it does lead to stress and possibly long hours when you are trying to get a feature finished. These long hours are not imposed on me, but something that I decide for myself, both because I am interested in what I am working on and I would like to impress my superiors. It would be awesome if the office was closer to San Francisco.

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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
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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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