or apply directly on Virtu Financial's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 12 days Virtu Financial's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 22% of Virtu Financial's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Virtu Financial
- high 40 stale, 0 reposted of 51 open
- Hiring momentum
- 59 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Virtu Financial's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Virtu Financial.
About this role
As an FPGA/ASIC Engineer at Virtu, you will design and develop RTL for low-latency trading applications, managing the entire process from specification to production deployment. You will also improve the team's build, simulation, and verification infrastructure and coordinate hardware deployments in live environments, working with a small, international team on challenging problems.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Virtu Financial as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- 2+ years of professional FPGA or ASIC experience (an advanced degree may substitute)
- Strong RTL design and verification skills (SystemVerilog/VHDL, cocotb)
- Familiarity with FPGA/IC design flows and vendor toolchains (Xilinx/AMD, Synopsys, Cadence)
- Working knowledge of high-speed interfaces (Ethernet/MAC/PHY, PCIe, AXI)
Nice to have
- Programming in Python, C++, or similar
- Back-end physical design experience
- Understanding of network protocols and packet processing (TCP/UDP, IP multicast, and hardware protocol offloading)
What you get
- 26 days annual leave, plus additional leave for community service, marriage/civil partnerships, and moving house
- Paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity leave
- Private health, dental, and optical cover, GP access, and a dedicated wellness programme
- Life assurance, income protection, and a competitive pension scheme
- Gym subsidy/fitness reimbursement and Cycle to Work scheme
- Commuter benefit plan
Worth weighing
- No finance background is necessary or expected, which may appeal to candidates from various fields.
- The role involves working on low-latency trading infrastructure, which may require a fast-paced work environment.
- The initial application process includes an online assessment via HackerRank, which may require preparation.
Summarised from Virtu Financial's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Virtu Financial on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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