Graduate FPGA Engineer: AI-Driven, Low-Latency Trading

Optiver Holding BV; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus pool

Global team

Paid vacation

Training programs

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Optiver Holding BV is seeking an FPGA Engineer to build real-world applications powering a global trading firm. You will craft solutions with nanosecond response times and highly parallelized algorithms, collaborating with traders, software engineers and infrastructure teams.

The role involves hands-on FPGA work, verification and research to accelerate trading systems using AI-enabled techniques while maintaining full ownership of designs and decisions.

Qualifications

• University degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar, with outstanding academic achievements.
• Graduating between August 2024 and August 2027, with a maximum of 3 years of work experience.
• Academic design experience with FPGAs or ASICs
• Academic experience in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog
• An open, collaborative, self-critical attitude and willingness to learn from your mistakes
• A desire to understand how the systems you build fit into our trading activities
• Able to work closely with other engineers, traders, and business operations

Responsibilities

• Accelerate network infrastructure and trading system components with high-speed hardware designs.
• Research new low-latency techniques and platforms and identify opportunities for integration with our trading system.
• Collaborate in a multidisciplinary team of traders, software developers, and infrastructure engineers.
• Leverage the best hardware available or build in-house versions to ensure our FPGAs can interface with cutting-edge server hardware.

Skills

FPGA design

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

VHDL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

Job description

Optiver Holding BV is seeking an FPGA Engineer to build real-world applications powering a global trading firm. You will craft solutions with nanosecond response times and highly parallelized algorithms, collaborating with traders, software engineers and infrastructure teams.

The role involves hands-on FPGA work, verification and research to accelerate trading systems using AI-enabled techniques while maintaining full ownership of designs and decisions.