Chicago Trading Company · 3 days ago
Senior FPGA Engineer
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$225K/yr - $250K/yrChicago Trading Company is a cutting-edge proprietary trading firm focused on pricing and managing risk. They are seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to join their FPGA development team, where the role involves designing and building ultra-low-latency trading systems and collaborating with various specialists to enhance the trading platform.
Financial ServicesFinTechVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Partner with a skilled team to define and implement a pragmatic architectural vision with a focus on ultra-low-latency and reliability
Collaborate with senior technology leaders to continuously improve our trading platform design
Build a deep understanding of trading workflows, quantitative models, and system performance needs while working with a multidisciplinary team
Develop an implementation roadmap in partnership with Quant and Trading to deliver incremental improvements in trading performance and long-term architectural innovation
Lead design implementation efforts, contribute to team code reviews, and champion best practices around performance, logic, standard methodologies and maintainability issues to ensure code-level consistency and scalability
Qualification
Required
Proven experience and expertise with FPGA development
Advanced proficiency using HDLs, with an emphasis on SystemVerilog or VHDL
Comfortable working in Python and/or C++ for developing tools, testbenches, and integrations
Demonstrated understanding of computer architectures
Enthusiasm for applying modern, agile design and testing practices
Preferred
Experience in financial markets or trading environments
Knowledge of common networking protocols like TCP/UDP and multicast
Benefits
Generous medical coverage
Paid parental leave
Free breakfast and lunch (plus healthy snacks, of course)
Wellness reimbursement
Quarterly recharge days
A variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience
Company
Chicago Trading Company
Chicago Trading Company is a trading firm that provides liquidity and promotes a more efficient marketplace.
Founded in 1995
501-1000 employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
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Jonathan Grodnick
Chief Executive Officer
Eric Chern
Co-Founder
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