Belvedere Trading
FPGA Engineer
$175K–$225K
Chicago, Illinois · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Apr 30, 2026
About the job
Develop and optimize FPGA-based, low-latency systems and hardware platforms for options market-making and algorithmic trading.
What you'll do
- Build and optimize high-performance trading systems, hardware platforms, and performance-critical code.
- Collaborate on automated trading algorithms and identify performance improvements.
- Share technical knowledge and help improve team productivity, code quality, tools, and technology adoption.
What they ask for
- Development experience with FPGAs, including 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.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.
Nice to have
- Exchange protocol encoding/decoding experience.
- Experience developing hybrid hardware/software systems communicating over PCIe.
Pay
USD 175,000–225,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
FPGA, Verilog, VHDL, C++, Bash, TCL, Python, PCIe
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