FPGA Developer

Top proprietary trading firm with a significant presence in London is seeking to hire an experienced FPGA Developer to join their engineering team.

As an FPGA Developer embedded in a small team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing and deploying some of the fastest, most sophisticated trading systems in the world. You will be intricately involved in creating next generation FPGA solutions to support ultra-low latency trading systems across the firm.

The ideal candidate should have a strong background in in System Verilog or VHDL, as well as software engineering. The candidate must have a keen interest in using software engineering methodologies to improve the efficiency of the hardware development workflow, as well as the ability to integrate their designs into a larger software stack.

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or similar
• 5+ years professional experience as an FPGA Developer either in or outside of the finance/trading industry
• Experienced and well-versed in System Verilog or VHDL (Python, C, Tcl, and bash a plus)
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: Hardware Architecture, RTL Coding, Simulation, Systems Integration, Hardware Validation and Testing, FPGA Synthesis, and Static Analysis
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

This is a full-time, onsite position, based in London.

Compensation is highly competitive and contingent on experience.