Focus Capital Markets is looking for a rockstar FPGA Design Engineer to collaborate with technologists, quantitative professionals and traders to produce hardware utilized in ultra low latency trade strategies. In this role, you will develop and implement end-to-end FPGA hardware into trading systems, while improving existing architecture for high performance trading systems.
Our prop trading partner has a unique environment where humble overachievers have created a highly electronic trading operation that marries trading intuition, quant research and technical acumen, and is considered to have one of the top options trading desks in the world.
The firm itself is best-of-breed and looking for someone seeking a challenge to expand the company's position by leveraging FPGA in its low latency trade strategies. The total compensation is unmatched, even as the company places a major emphasis on longevity and quality-of-life.
Minimum Requirements
• 10+ years of professional experience in FPGA design and development
• Proven experience with Hardware Description Languages (HDL) like Verilog and VHDL
• Experience with ASIC development
• Background in Python and/or C++
• Zeal for working with new technologies and software
• Bachelors degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Physics or other related technical discipline
• Excellent communication skills
• Desire to work in financial technology