FPGA Engineer

Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. This wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated efforts of our technology teams who utilize and perfect our innovative technology solutions.    High-performance proprietary development is the source of our success and competitive advantage at Belvedere, further fueling our passion for performance. We are a team driven by intellectual curiosity, seeking answers that will change not only how we trade in this technological age, but also the future landscape of the trading industry. We place a high premium on defining, developing, and deploying high-performance trading software using a team-based, holistic development approach. We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success.  Women and underrepresented groups frequently apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to break that mold and apply. No candidate is perfect; all have a lot to offer. We welcome your application. Core Values The secret to our award-winning culture is our Core Values: Team Belvedere, Me In Team, Own It, Build Rockets, and Passionate Discourse. We live and breathe these values every day.   Our Stance Belvedere is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a non-discriminatory employment environment for its employees. Discrimination against employees and applicants due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, military, and veteran status is prohibited. Belvedere encourages initiatives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. Belvedere is committed to providing a positive environment in which team members are treated with respect, dignity, and courtesy. Our firm believes in a dynamic culture of inclusion and diversity, where people thrive on individual and organizational characteristics, values, experiences, and backgrounds.   Please note that Belvedere Trading does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of Team Belvedere. No phone calls, please.   Work Schedule: Regular and reliable attendance during standard business hours with the ability to be on-site prior to the start of business on occasion  Amount of Travel Required: None country: US all locations: [Chicago, Illinois] commitment: Full-Time department: Technology location: Chicago, Illinois team: Execution Systems What You'll Do:: Use cutting-edge technology while working on high performance/low latency systems   Collaborate with team members to investigate and create automated trading algorithms   Work on high-performance computing systems to break speed and performance boundaries   Build next-generation algorithmic trading systems;   Solve low-latency trading problems and optimization of performance-critical code;   Develop new hardware platforms;   Identifying opportunities for improvement and experimenting with performance optimizations;   Apply industry knowledge and technical skills in new and innovative ways   Help to continuously improve team productivity, code quality, tool, and technology adoption   Create new features and help improve existing experiences   Share ideas, experience, and knowledge with other members of the team  What You'll Need:: Development experience with FPGAs (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 (Synopsys, Riviera, ModelSim, Questasim, etc.)  A desire to push the boundaries on performance and lower latency  Passion for innovation and building systems from the ground up  Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment  Careful attention to detail, and the vision and skill to push beyond expectations