FPGA Engineer - Relocation Package on offer
iO Associates · Miami, FL · 2 wk ago
Finance$500k/yrFull-time
About the role
We're partnering with a highly respected systematic trading firm to build a brand new High Frequency Trading business from the ground up. As one of the founding FPGA Engineers, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the firm's hardware strategy, influencing architecture decisions, and developing cutting-edge FPGA solutions for ultra low-latency trading infrastructure.
You'll work alongside world-class Trading Engineers, Quantitative Researchers, and Technical Leaders to design and optimize hardware for market data processing, exchange connectivity, and order execution where deterministic performance and every nanosecond matter.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop ultra low-latency FPGA solutions for trading infrastructure
- Build hardware acceleration for market data, exchange connectivity, and order execution
- Optimize networking, hardware pipelines, and deterministic performance
- Collaborate with FPGA, C++, and Quantitative Engineering teams
- Work on greenfield technology with genuine technical ownership from day one
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience as an FPGA Engineer
- Genuine passion for high-performance hardware design
- Experience building latency-sensitive FPGA systems in performance-critical environments (trading experience beneficial but not essential)
Benefits
- Relocation support available for Miami location
Pay
Up to $500k total compensation