Nieku Barkhordarian

Nieku Barkhordarian is a seasoned professional in engineering and sales, currently serving as a Senior Sales Engineer at Aurora Solar since September 2021. Prior experience includes a position as a Software Engineer at Arista Networks from September 2019 to September 2021, where work focused on routing and layer 1 networking using C++ and Python, alongside collaboration on UX research and design. Nieku completed a Software Engineering Internship at Arista Networks in 2018, developing static labeled routing capabilities and a tracking system for BGP RIB paths. Internships at Apttus involved performance testing and integration analysis with Salesforce, as well as performance studies for GraphDB. Academic foundations include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from UCLA, supplemented by teaching roles as a Learning Assistant and Math Teaching Assistant.