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Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DVTrading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DVgroup affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser.\nRole Overview:\n We are looking for an exceptional Senior FPGA Engineer to join our semi-systematic equities team. In this role, you will architect and deliver ultra-low-latency FPGA trading systems that drive our competitive edge across global equity and futures exchanges. 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