# Jonathan Ho > SWE at Arista Networks | Vice-Captain + CTF Player with TheHackersCrew | prev. US Cyber Team πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | Passionate about Software, Security, Algorithms, Robotics, Open Source Intelligence, & Puzzles Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jonathanho2 Jonathan is a computer scientist and engineer located in Silicon Valley. He currently works at Arista Networks as a software engineer, implementing new and optimizing existing routing protocols for high-performance multilayer switches. On the weekends, Jonathan is an active member of TheHackersCrew, participating in CTFs (cybersecurity competitions). On the team, he specializes in Reverse Engineering, Hardware, Open Source Intelligence, and Miscellaneous (programming, networking, etc.). He also assists the team in solving Forensics, Cryptography, and Web challenges. Jonathan also took on the role of a leader, spearheading the development of CrewCTF 2024, CrewCTF 2023, BSides Indore CTF 2023, CrewCTF 2022, and BSides Ahmedabad CTF 2022. Jonathan set up competition infrastructure, secured sponsorships from renowned tech companies, and coordinated the challenge creation/testing/deployment pipeline. Jonathan was a member of the United States Cyber Team from 2022-2024, representing the US in international competitions and scrimmages. Jonathan was the captain of SCU's BroncoSec CTF team from 2021-2022. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Arista Networks Jan 2022 – Present | Santa Clara, California, United States ### Content Team - Problem Setter and Tester @ HackerRank Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Silicon Valley, California, United States Worked as a problem setter and tester with the content team at HackerRank, specifically within the domains of Problem Solving, Algorithms, and Data Structures. Duties include: β€’ Create and test questions for HackerRank contests, certification exams, and practice sets. β€’ Produce high-level assessments with the highest degree of technical sanity, clarity, and vocabulary. ### Computer Science Grader (CSCI 163 / COEN 179: Theory of Algorithms) @ Santa Clara University Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Santa Clara, California, United States Worked as a grader for CSCI 163 / COEN 179: Theory of Algorithms in Fall 2021 and Winter 2022. β€’ Graded 60+ homework assignments each week. β€’ Provided detailed feedback to help students understand their mistakes. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Arista Networks Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Santa Clara, California, United States Worked as a Software Engineer Intern in the development team at Arista, working on the core technologies including routing/switching protocols. β€’ Implemented features to extend and improve IP multicast on the control plane of routers/switches for real customers. β€’ Built code on top of Protobuf (Google Protocol Buffer), BESS (Berkeley Extensible Software Switch), DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit), EOS (Arista Extensible Operating System), and other frameworks. β€’ Developed product code in Arista's attribute-oriented programming language, along with white and black box tests in C++, Python, and Go. ### Computer Science Grader (CSCI 161: Theory of Automata and Languages) @ Santa Clara University Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Santa Clara, California, United States Worked as a grader for CSCI 161: Theory of Automata and Languages in Spring 2021. β€’ Graded 20+ homework assignments each week. β€’ Provided detailed feedback to help students understand their mistakes. ## Education ### Mathematics and Computer Science Santa Clara University ### High School Diploma Cupertino High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jonathan-ho-silicon-valley - Portfolio: https://www.CSN3RD.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/jonathanho2 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jonathanho2/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29