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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # FPGA Engineer (London) - **Company:** Selby Jennings - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £72,721.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Algorithmic Trading, Macintosh Computers, Software Debugging, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Multicasting, Network Protocols, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, SystemVerilog, Computer Network Technologies, Real Time Systems, Low Latency, Build Tools, Hardware Acceleration - **Published:** September 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5892870742 ## About the Role They are looking for a Senior FPGA Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset. The ideal FPGA Engineer will thrive in a fast-paced trading environment, enjoy solving highly complex performance challenges, and be motivated by the opportunity to build systems that directly impact trading outcomes. This role would suit an ambitious FPGA Engineer who enjoys collaborating with world-class researchers, traders, and software engineers while taking a leading role in shaping next-generation trading infrastructure. A successful FPGA Engineer will be highly analytical, naturally curious, and passionate about pushing the boundaries of hardware performance., * 5+ years of hands-on experience as an FPGA Engineer, ideally within proprietary trading, market making, HFT, or electronic trading environments. * Expert-level SystemVerilog development experience targeting Xilinx FPGA platforms. * Proven experience designing and optimising ultra-low-latency hardware systems. * Strong understanding of networking protocols including 10G Ethernet, multicast, MAC, and PCS layers. * Experience building FPGA solutions for market data feed handling, order execution, and real-time processing environments. * Strong performance tuning, debugging, and optimisation capabilities. * Ability to design scalable architecture and influence technical direction across projects. * Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working directly with traders, quantitative researchers, and software engineering teams. * Prior technical leadership or mentoring experience is highly desirable. * Strong preference for candidates from proprietary trading firms, market makers, hedge funds, electronic trading firms, or other latency-sensitive financial markets environments. * Experience working with exchange connectivity, market data feeds, and high-performance networking technologies would be highly advantageous. ## Description * Architect and develop ultra-low-latency FPGA trading systems supporting global equities and futures markets. * Lead the design and implementation of high-performance FPGA firmware for market data processing and order execution. * Define and execute the technical roadmap for FPGA-based trading infrastructure. * Partner closely with quantitative researchers, software engineers, and network engineers to deliver high-performance trading platforms. * Build scalable, reusable FPGA architectures supporting multiple exchange venues and trading strategies. * Optimise latency, throughput, and overall system performance across production trading environments. * Design robust testing frameworks and deployment processes to ensure reliability and operational excellence. * Drive innovation across hardware acceleration, exchange connectivity, and trading system performance. * Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to other FPGA engineers within the team. ## Related Videos - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Swapping Low Latency Data Storage Under High Load](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/746-swapping-low-latency-data-storage-under-high-load) - [The Gashlycrumb Tinies of AI Networking You Must Know (or Languish!)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2067-the-gashlycrumb-tinies-of-ai-networking-you-must-know-or-languish) - [Microservices architecture as a key element in building trading systems for global finance markets](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1196-microservices-architecture-as-a-key-element-in-building-trading-systems-for-global-finance-markets) - [Unleash the power of 5G in your code: transform your apps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1567-unleash-the-power-of-5g-in-your-code-transform-your-apps) - [Your next 10x engineer isn't in your city. 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