Arista Networks

There’s a decent amount of interesting work, and if you put in the effort, you can do more of the interesting work. If you can code well and also see the bigger picture of what you’re building, you can get a lot of trust and autonomy. Colleagues are helpful, friendly, and great to work with. The two managers I’ve had have both been excellent. The soaring stock price has meant high total compensation over the last few years. The CTO has a great philosophy on how to run an engineering team. The CEO and senior management have steered the company well in recent years (e.g., no mass layoffs through recent tech recessions, soaring stock price).

Base salary has stayed kind of low because stock comp has kept rising.

Mid-level management (aka US overlords) are overseas, and Sydney is a small office, so Sydney often feels like an afterthought.

Occasional early morning/late night meetings with overseas colleagues/clients.

The Sydney office is under 10% women, worse in engineering, and has been for years.

Some of my peers are less positive about Arista than me; different managers and different teams can make a large difference.