Senior FPGA Engineer (DV Equities)
- Level
- Senior
- Work type
- Remote
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
About Us:
Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 600 people operating throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser.
Role Overview:
We are looking for an exceptional Senior FPGA Engineer to join our semi-systematic equities team. In this role, you will architect and deliver ultra-low-latency FPGA trading systems that drive our competitive edge across global equity and futures exchanges. This position offers the opportunity to lead, innovate, and push the limits of hardware performance in a fast-paced trading environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership
- Lead and mentor a team of FPGA engineers developing next-generation hardware solutions for market making.
- Architect and implement ultra-low-latency trading systems optimized for global equity and futures markets.
- Define and execute the technical vision and roadmap for FPGA-based trading infrastructure.
- Partner closely with quantitative researchers, software developers, and network engineers to deliver integrated, high-performance trading platforms.
System Development
- Design and implement high-throughput FPGA firmware for market data feed handling and order execution.
- Build modular, reusable, and scalable FPGA architectures supporting exchanges such as NYSE, NASDAQ and CBOE.
- Develop robust testing frameworks and automated deployment pipelines to ensure stability and reliability in production.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of hands-on FPGA design and development experience, ideally within high-frequency or market-making systems.
- Expert-level proficiency in SystemVerilog targeting Xilinx platforms.
- Deep understanding of networking and low-level protocols (10G Ethernet, multicast, MAC/PCS layers).
- Proven track record in ultra-low-latency hardware design and performance optimization.
DV Trading's standard text
DV is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms. Only search firms with valid, written agreements with DV should submit resumes in response to DV’s posted positions. All resumes submitted by search firms to DV via e-mail, the Internet, personal delivery, facsimile, or any other method without a valid written agreement shall be deemed the sole property of DV, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by DV. DV is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
FPGA · Verilog
Rare in DV Trading's other 35 open postings.
Standard for embedded / hardware roles
Embedded Systems
Common in embedded / hardware postings at any company.
77% of this description is written for the role. The rest is DV Trading's standard text, folded away below.
Read against DV Trading's other open postings on this site.
The team: DV Equities HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 8 open in DV Equities. 2 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in October: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (6 of 8), C++ (4 of 8), Linux (4 of 8), SQL (3 of 8), Unix (3 of 8), Excel (2 of 8)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Data Engineer (DV Equities) posted Sep 29
- Junior Trading Operations Analyst posted Sep 22
- 2027 Software Developer Intern (DV Equities) posted Sep 16
- Software Developer Intern - Summer 2027 (DV Equities) posted Sep 11
- C++ Software Developer (DV Equities) posted May 14
- Equity Research Analyst （DV Equities） posted May 13
- Software Developer - Experienced (DV Equities) posted May 7
From the team and dates on DV Trading's own job board.
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