Summary
Vishrant Vasavada is a Senior Software Engineer based in California with a decade of experience building and maintaining networking software at Arista Networks. He leads the development and maintenance of Arista EOS components for the DMF, shaping design discussions, release management, and cross-team collaboration, while mentoring new graduates and interns. He previously contributed to Unicast Routing and BGP tooling, delivering features and automation that underpin company-wide release and QA processes and keeps multiple code packages actively maintained. His academic foundation includes an MS in Computer Science from UCLA and a BSc with High Distinction from the University of Toronto, complemented by research on Distributed Ledger Technology over Named Data Networking and DDoS mitigation at UCLA, and early work on BitThief at ETH Zurich. This international and research-oriented background gives him a unique blend of rigorous theory and practical, production-grade networking software expertise.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Student Exchange, Computer Science, First Class, Student Exchange, Computer Science, First Class at The University of Edinburgh
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, High Distinction, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, High Distinction at University of Toronto
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.81, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.81 at University of California, Los Angeles
English, Hindi, Gujarati