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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Graduate FPGA Engineer (2027 Start) - **Company:** Optiver - **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands - **Experience:** Starter - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Trading, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Network Architecture, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Hardware Infrastructure - **Published:** August 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.nl/details/5848436221 ## About the Role * 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 ## Description As an FPGA Engineer, you'll work side-by-side with teammates to build real-world applications that power a global trading firm. You'll create solutions with nanosecond response times, highly parallelized algorithms, and customized low-level networking that solve business challenges effectively and efficiently. Collaborating closely with our business, you'll have in-depth insight into a problem before developing the solution. Optiver is building with cutting edge AI technology in the most competitive, data rich landscapes in the world: financial markets. Our FPGA engineers use AI to speed up verification, debugging, and technical research, while retaining full ownership of the designs and decisions it supports. What you'll do Your onboarding You will participate in Optiver's comprehensive Global Academy and be equipped with the knowledge needed to make an impact the moment you join your team. The comprehensive training covers trading theory and Optiver's tech stack to hone your skills for your role. In addition, you will be paired with a dedicated mentor who will empower you to take ownership of your work and make a difference. Your 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. What you'll get You'll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you'll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you'll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets., Apply directly via the form below for the position of Graduate FPGA Engineer. Please provide us with a CV in English. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications via email for data protection reasons. If your application is selected to proceed to the next round, you will be required to complete online assessments. By submitting your application you are confirming that you will be able to take the assessment within 7 days. Kindly note that we do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via the contact form Diversity statement Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities. Please let us know if you would like to request any reasonable adjustments by contacting the Recruitment team via the contact form, selecting "Reasonable Adjustments" as the subject of your inquiry. For answers to some of our most frequently asked questions, refer to our FAQs. 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