FPGA Engineer

Belvedere Trading is looking for an FPGA Developer to supplement the team and drive projects that will optimize our options market marking systems. Successful candidates will have a proven track record of success delivering complex FPGA systems on a chip design, possess excellent problem-solving abilities, possess a can-do/self-driven attitude, and have the ability to thrive in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment. The ideal candidate is a creative thinker who has had previous experience developing networks, exchange encoding/decoding, and custom logic on the card. Exchange protocol encoding/decoding experience is desirable. Additional experience developing hybrid hardware/software systems communicating over PCIe is also desirable. The successful candidate will direct theirownlearning, grow their expertise,and pass that knowledge on to other team members. What You'll Do: • Use cutting-edge technology while working on high performance/low latency systems • Collaborate with team members to investigate and create automated trading algorithms • Work on high-performance computing systems to break speed and performance boundaries • Build next-generation algorithmic trading systems; • Solve low-latency trading problems and optimization of performance-critical code; • Develop new hardware platforms; • Identifying opportunities for improvement and experimenting with performance optimizations; • Apply industry knowledge and technical skills in new and innovative ways • Help to continuously improve team productivity, code quality, tool, and technology adoption • Create new features and help improve existing experiences • Share ideas, experience, and knowledge with other members of the team What You'll Need: • Development experience with FPGAs (Verilog/VHDL, functional verification, and static timing closure) • Demonstrated experience with C++, Bash, TCL, and/or Python scripts • Experience with FPGA design, simulation, and verification tools (Synopsys, Riviera, ModelSim, Questasim, etc.) • A desire to push the boundaries on performance and lower latency • Passion for innovation and building systems from the ground up • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment • Careful attention to detail, and the vision and skill to push beyond expectations $175,000 - $225,000 a year Additionally, certain positions at Belvedere Trading are eligible for discretionary bonuses. Our employees have access to a variety of benefits, which can be found on our website