About the role
<p>As a FPGA Engineer Intern, you’ll work side-by-side with your mentor and teammates to build real-world applications that power a global trading firm. Your projects will be scoped based on your team’s real needs — not hypothetical tasks — and your mentor will be fully invested in helping you build high-quality solutions designed to last. You’ll contribute to meaningful projects focusing on nanosecond response times, highly parallelized algorithms, and customized low-level networking.</p> <p>We operate in one of the most fast-paced and competitive environments in the tech industry. That means no two days are the same, and every day brings new, exciting technical challenges to solve.</p> <p>This opportunity is also available in our Chicago office — <a href="https://optiver.com/working-at-optiver/career-opportunities/8033372002/"><u>learn more and apply.</u></a></p> <p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p> <p>Our internship is designed for fast thinkers with a critical mindset and a drive to solve tough problems. You’ll experience what it’s like to be a full-time engineer at a leading trading firm – working on projects that blend cutting-edge FPGA technology with real-world trading strategies, directly contributing to the efficiency and performance of our trading systems. Mentored by Optiver engineers, our program gives you the opportunity to:</p> <ul> <li>Deep dive into trading fundamentals, from theoretical concepts to financial markets, strategies, and cutting-edge technology.</li> <li>Collaborate closely with best-in-class engineers, traders, and business teams to develop, test, and ship your code to production.</li> <li>Tackle complex, real-world problems to enhance your critical thinking and problem-solving skills.</li> <li>Push your limits and accelerate your growth in a fascinating and high-performing environment.</li> </ul> <p>Project examples include:</p> <ul> <li>Supporting new networking protocols – think 25G and 100G interfaces.</li> <li>Developing applications with our Traders to improve our trading strategies and success rates.</li> <li>Make your mark on our future trading systems by trailblazing new domain areas – from high-precision timestamping to new proprietary inter-system communication protocols.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you’ll get:</strong></p> <p>You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, 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, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.</p> <p>In addition, you’ll receive:</p> <ul> <li>The opportunity t