FPGA Intern

Complete a ten-week internship working on systems behind live trading, owning a project connected to live trading systems and contributing to latency-critical applications, networking, FPGA, resource optimization, timestamping, and inter-system communication.

Responsibilities

• Own a project connected to live trading systems
• Build latency-critical applications
• Build parallel systems and networking interfaces
• Support 25G and 100G networking protocols
• Develop FPGA applications with traders
• Improve resource usage of current systems
• Develop timestamping and inter-system communication protocols

Requirements

• Student working toward a Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar field
• Ability to work full-time upon graduation in 2028
• Academic experience in digital design with FPGAs or ASICs
• Experience writing hardware in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog
• Passion for clean code, well-architected systems, and continuous improvement
• Ability to collaborate with developers, traders, and business operations

Benefits

• Internship compensation package
• Optiver-covered flights and accommodation in the city centre
• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• World-class barista coffee
• Bi-weekly massages
• Friday afternoon drinks
• Bicycle to explore Amsterdam
• Sports and leisure activities
• Social events for the intern cohort