Lead FPGA Architect for Low-Latency Trading

Radley James; New York (NY); On-site; USD 240,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Radley James is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in New York City to build and lead a new FPGA capability from day one. You will define architecture, tooling and standards while partnering with quantitative researchers, traders and software engineers to create hardware-accelerated trading solutions.

The role emphasizes ownership, full lifecycle delivery from concept to production, and close collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on FPGA engineering experience.
• Strong SystemVerilog and/or VHDL expertise.
• Experience with low-latency electronic trading or similar systems.
• Understanding of FPGA architecture and HW/SW integration.
• Ability to make high-level architectural decisions autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a low-latency FPGA platform from first principles.
• Develop FPGA solutions for electronic trading and market-data processing.
• Collaborate with traders and researchers to identify acceleration opportunities.
• Own architecture and technical decisions across the FPGA environment.
• Integrate FPGA tech into the wider trading and research stack.
• Take projects from concept to production lifecycle.
• Help establish engineering standards as the FPGA capability grows.

Skills

FPGA engineering

SystemVerilog/VHDL

low-latency design

hardware/software integration

architectural decision making

autonomy

collaboration

Education

BS in CS/EE or related

Tools

FPGA toolchains

Job description

Radley James is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in New York City to build and lead a new FPGA capability from day one. You will define architecture, tooling and standards while partnering with quantitative researchers, traders and software engineers to create hardware-accelerated trading solutions.

The role emphasizes ownership, full lifecycle delivery from concept to production, and close collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.