FPGA Developer

Eqvilent is seeking an FPGA Engineer for its High-Frequency Trading team. The role designs, implements, and optimizes FPGA-based systems for ultra-low-latency trading, collaborating with software engineers, quantitative researchers, and traders to improve performance, reliability, and throughput.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize FPGA-based solutions for ultra-low-latency trading systems
• Work closely with software developers to integrate FPGA solutions into broader system architectures
• Implement hardware-accelerated solutions for protocol parsing, order entry, and market data processing
• Perform timing analysis, timing closures, resource optimization, and latency measurements to ensure peak performance
• Collaborate with traders and researchers to identify opportunities
• Monitor and troubleshoot system performance in a live trading environment

Preferred

• Programming and Scripting skills in tcl/C++/Python is a bonus
• Experience with peripheral integration (10G PHY/MAC, PCIe)
• Experience with custom network stack implementations (TCP/UDP)
• Programming
• Scripting
• Tcl
• C++
• Python
• Peripheral Integration
• 10G PHY/MAC
• PCIe
• Custom Network Stack Implementation
• TCP
• UDP

Benefits

• Great challenges with fast feedback loops and top-notch analytics
• A welcoming group of highly qualified international professionals
• Cutting-edge hardware and technology
• Work remotely from anywhere in the world
• Access any of our global offices anytime
• Flexible schedule
• 40 paid days off

Company

• Quantitative trading providing liquidity on financial markets
• Dubai, Dubai, ARE
• https://www.eqvilent.com/
• Founded in 2020
• 201-500 employees

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog
• Experience with FPGA design tools (Xilinx Vivado or Altera Quartus)
• Experience with FPGA debugging tools (ILA, SignalTap,Chipscope)
• Experience with Simulation tools (e.g Questa/ModelSim)
• Programming and Scripting skills in tcl/C++/Python is a bonus
• Experience with peripheral integration (10G PHY/MAC, PCIe)
• Experience with custom network stack implementations (TCP/UDP)

Required skills

• , Verilog, SystemVerilog, Xilinx Vivado, Altera Quartus, FPGA Debugging ILA, FPGA Debugging SignalTap, FPGA Debugging ChipScope, FPGA Simulation Questa, FPGA Simulation ModelSim, Tcl, 10G PHY/MAC Integration, PCIe Integration, TCP/UDP

Preferred skills

• Experience with peripheral integration (10G PHY/MAC, PCIe)

Experience

• Mid level