Song Yuan
Software Engineer at Arista Networks, Inc.
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSong Yuan is a software engineer based in California with five years of professional experience and a deep academic background as a former PhD candidate at the University of Kentucky. He brings seven years of C expertise plus multi-language proficiency in C++, Java, Ruby and MIPS assembly, applied across operating system internals, kernel modules, embedded MIPS development, and distributed systems. At Arista Networks he focuses on networking software, and his open-source contributions to SONiC’s build system show practical impact on switch image configuration, buffer/QoS templates, and test automation. He pairs low-level systems knowledge—computer architecture and kernel work—with applied networking skills (TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS) to deliver production-ready infrastructure. Colleagues can expect a pragmatic engineer comfortable moving between kernel code, build/DevOps workflows, and protocol-level design. An interesting detail: he has hands-on experience tuning hardware-specific buffer and QoS templates, a niche skill that bridges software and switching hardware behavior.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Candidate, Ph.D. Candidate at University of Kentucky
Github Skills (11)
qos10
sonic10
jinja210
build-automation10
networking9
dockers9
automation-testing9
automation9
automations9
docker9
python8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sonic-net/sonic-buildimage
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
Scripts which perform an installable binary image build for SONiC
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:15 reviews, 9 commits, 13 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Song primarily contributes to the configuration and build processes for SONiC images. Their work involves modifying buffer and QoS templates for specific hardware SKUs, including adding profiles and adjusting settings based on the target platform. They also implement tests to verify these template changes and fix issues in the buffer configuration. Furthermore, they've updated the Dockerfile to install necessary modules for the ptf_nn_agent.
binary-imagesonic
ysmanman/sonic-buildimage
Jun 2021 - Jun 2026
Scripts which perform an installable binary image build for SONiC
Contributions:29 pushes, 17 branches in 5 years 1 month
installablesonicbinary-imageimage-build
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