Senior FPGA Engineer

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Nice to Have

• Experience in financial markets or trading environments.
• Knowledge of common networking protocols like TCP/UDP and multicast.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $225,000—$250,000 USD. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. The discretionary bonus will be dependent upon the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and firm performance.

Schedule

Most teams at CTC, with the exception of Trading, follow a hybrid workplace model, subject to change based on business need.

Benefits

• Generous time off
• Insurance coverage
• Paid parental leave
• Free breakfast and lunch (plus healthy snacks, of course)
• Wellness reimbursement
• A variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience

Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families so we offer outstanding benefits to support you both professionally and personally. At CTC, we aim to cultivate a workplace that celebrates diversity and each person feels included, engaged and empowered. Where each of us feels we belong. We are committed to having a diverse workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. CTC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.