Graduate FPGA Engineer (2027 Start)
Optiver is a global proprietary trading firm and market maker, including an active 24/7 Digital Assets desk.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
About Optiver
Optiver (optiver.com) is an Amsterdam-headquartered global proprietary trading firm and options market maker with an active digital-assets business (24/7 crypto options/spot market making, hiring crypto traders).
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About the Role
Build FPGA-based applications for a global trading firm, creating highly parallelized algorithms, customized low-level networking, and hardware interfaces for advanced server hardware. Collaborate with traders and engineers to accelerate trading and network infrastructure.
Requirements
- University degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar field
- Outstanding academic achievements
- Graduation between August 2024 and August 2027
- Maximum of 3 years of work experience
- Academic design experience with FPGAs or ASICs
- Academic experience with VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog
- Ability to work closely with engineers, traders, and business operations
- Open, collaborative, self-critical attitude and willingness to learn
- Desire to understand how systems fit into trading activities
Responsibilities
- Accelerate network infrastructure and trading system components with high-speed hardware designs
- Research low-latency techniques and platforms
- Identify opportunities to integrate new techniques with the trading system
- Collaborate with traders, software developers, and infrastructure engineers
- Build hardware interfaces for advanced server hardware
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus structure
- 25 paid vacation days in the first year, increasing to 30 from the second year
- Training opportunities
- Discounts on health benefits
- Fully paid first-class commuting expenses
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- World-class barista coffee
- Sport and leisure activities
- Bi-weekly massages
- Friday afternoon drinks
- International transfer opportunities
- Relocation packages
- Visa sponsorship
Hiring Process
Apply directly through the application form with a CV in English. If selected for the next round, complete online assessments within 7 days.
