Hello! I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience in high-performance networking at Arista Networks. Specialized in AI networking infrastructure, hardware table management, and L3 forwarding. Proven track record of architecting platform implementations for Cluster Load Balancing (CLB) and L3 multicast routing. Expert in C++, Python, and optimizing hardware programming latency.
University of California, Santa Barbara
BS, Computer Engineering
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Python
Lead Architect, AI Networking & Platform Implementation: 6/2023–Present
Lead Strata platform implementation for Cluster Load Balancing (CLB).
Leveraging Exact Match hardware capabilities with 500k+ routes,
directly enabling scalable AI workloads.
Collaborating across multiple teams (15+ engineers) to integrate
AI-driven traffic management features on next-generation silicon.
Lead Architect, L3 Multicast & Routing Architecture: 6/2020–6/2023
Lead designer for L3 Multicast for Arista 7050X4 series,
ensuring feature reliability for diverse customer environments.
Architected multicast route and MMU replication hardware table
management for PIM-SM, VxLAN Bridging and PIM BiDir features.
Implemented comprehensive unit and product tests.
Lead Designer, Exact Match Platform Agent: 9/2018–6/2020
Reduced exact match hash table install latency by 20x over standard API.
Optimized table insertions, key generation and data compression.
Incorporated hitless restart, CLI show commands, parity handling.
Contributing Engineer, Arista 7300X3 Series: 9/2017–9/2018
Developed software for multicast and MMU Replication subsystems.
Designed robust gating platform architecture for system warm-up.
Implemented IP tunnel support to provide the ability to upgrade network infrastructure without network downtime
Found and corrected pre-existing assertion bugs on platform libraries
Designed complete unit and integration tests to validate restart scenarios on physical switches
Lead Internship Coordinator,
2019-present
130th Boston Marathon Qualifier
UCSB Men’s Club Ultimate Athlete & Captain
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Volunteer