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Role: Network Engineer Location: Gurgaon Graviton is a privately funded quantitative trading firm striving for excellence in financial markets' research. We are seeking a Network Engineer for our team in Gurgaon. Graviton trades across a multitude of asset classes and trading venues using a gamut of concepts and techniques ranging from time series analysis, filtering, classification, stochastic models, pattern recognition to statistical inference analysing terabytes of data to come up with ideas to identify pricing anomalies in financial markets. Key Responsibilities Design, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot low-latency network infrastructure used by trading firms. Manage connectivity to global stock exchanges, brokers, market-data providers, and ISPs. Build and maintain colocation infrastructure including routers, switches, Layer-1 devices (added advantage), structured cabling and cross connects. Configure and support Cisco Nexus, Arista and similar platform devices. Design and troubleshoot Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks including: VLANs, VRFs, BGP, OSPF, Static routing, PIM, IGMP, Multicast, SSM, ACLs and QoS. Troubleshoot packet loss, multicast issues, duplicate packets, IGMP/PIM and multicast/BGP routing. Monitor and optimize latency, jitter, packet loss, interface errors, congestion, and network performance. Work with ultra-low-latency technologies including: Cut-through switching, Layer-1 switches, FPGA-based network devices, Kernel-bypass networking, ExaNIC/Solarflare NICs, Hardware timestamping. Configure and troubleshoot PTP and clock synchronization infrastructure. Perform server and network equipment installation in exchange and third-party data centres. Manage rack layout, patching, cable optimization, optics, DACs, cross-connects, and inventory. Coordinate network changes with exchanges, telecom providers, brokers, vendors, and data-centre teams. Plan and execute production changes during approved maintenance windows. Perform pre-change validation, c

Software Engineer Build technology where every nanosecond matters. At Graviton, software isn't just a tool that supports trading. It is the infrastructure behind every research breakthrough, every trading decision and every competitive advantage. As a Software Engineer , you'll work on systems where performance, reliability and precision matter at an extraordinary scale. You'll partner closely with software engineers and quantitative researchers to build technology that processes enormous volumes of market data, powers quantitative research and supports live trading. You'll take on problems that don't have obvious answers — from designing high-performance systems and distributed infrastructure to eliminating bottlenecks measured in microseconds and building tools that make our researchers and engineers faster. Your work will go into production, be measured against real-world performance and have a direct impact on how our trading systems operate. If you enjoy solving hard engineering problems, understanding systems at a deep level and pushing technology to its limits, you'll feel right at home. What You'll Work On You'll work across the engineering stack that powers our quantitative research and trading platforms. Depending on your team, your work may include: Designing and building high-performance, low-latency systems in modern C++. Building distributed systems that process and analyze massive volumes of market data . Designing systems where latency, throughput and reliability directly influence trading performance . Working on Linux systems, networking, concurrency and multithreaded applications. Profiling systems, identifying bottlenecks and optimizing performance at the hardware and software level. Building robust infrastructure that supports quantitative research and live trading. Debugging complex production systems and solving problems where correctness and reliability are critical. Designing internal platforms and developer tools that accelerate research an

NK Securities Research is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology and sophisticated algorithms to trade the financial markets. Founded in 2011, we have gained invaluable experience in the field of High Frequency Trading across different asset classes. With a focus on innovation, entrepreneurship, and collaboration, we aim to foster a dynamic work environment that reflects a startup culture. Role Overview As an FPGA Developer, you will design, implement, and rigorously test RTL (Register-Transfer Level) designs to power our high-frequency trading strategies. Your contributions will play a pivotal role in reducing system latency and enhancing performance, directly impacting trading outcomes. Key Responsibilities Design and Implementation: Develop high-performance RTL designs using VHDL or Verilog for FPGA-based systems. Optimize hardware implementations for ultra-low latency and high throughput. Testing and Debugging: Perform thorough functional and timing testing of RTL designs, ensuring adherence to specifications. Debug and resolve issues using FPGA debugging tools such as SignalTap, ChipScope, or ModelSim. Collaboration and Documentation: Work closely with hardware and software teams to ensure seamless integration of FPGA solutions with the Software Trading Stack. Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation of designs, test cases, results and benchmarks Qualifications Technical Skills: RTL Development: Strong fundamentals in digital logic design, Boolean algebra, FSMs and synchronous design. Proficiency in VHDL or Verilog/SystemVerilog, with a strong focus on efficient and optimized designs. FPGA Tools: Hands-on experience with industry-standard tools such as Xilinx Vivado. Testing and Verification: Expertise in writing testbenches and conducting simulation-based verification. Familiarity with static timing analysis and achieving timing closure. Familiar with CocoTB or any similar testing setup. Debugging: Proficiency in GHDL synthesis a

Work Flexibility: Hybrid What will you do: Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives) and ensure effective communication within the team. Work with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth collaboration and deliver high-quality products, focusing on creating high value increments that eventually meet the Definition of Done. Ensure that the team is delivering the committed work on time and within the agreed scope, while ensuring optimal performance and the elimination of blockers. Track and report on the progress of the team, ensuring that the status of sprints, work completion, and risks are communicated to stakeholders regularly. Establish and extend best practices enterprise-wide by continuously iterating on Program Management processes and capturing best practices Provide coaching and support to team members on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and effective collaboration within the embedded and hardware engineering domains. What you need: Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline with total 9+ years of experience and minimum 4+ years as a Scrum Master Must have at least one Scrum Certification – CSM/ PSM1 and in-depth knowledge of agile and scrum practices and experience leading multiple scrum teams with different projects located across geographies with diverse cultures, and offshore environments. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. Experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, or other Agile project ma

Who are we: Graviton is a privately funded quantitative trading firm striving for excellence in financial markets research. We trade across a multitude of asset classes and trading venues using a gamut of concepts and techniques ranging from time series analysis, filtering, classification, stochastic models, pattern recognition, to statistical inference analyzing terabytes of data to come up with ideas to identify pricing anomalies in financial markets. As part of this team you will be tasked to apply machine learning and specifically deep learning techniques to trading problems while staying connected to broader research community. The researcher will put theory into practice and can immediately impact the global trading landscape with the expanding presence of Graviton in various markets. Description Lead research in applying machine learning to a wide variety of datasets and trading problems Follow latest developments in academic research and incorporating research techniques from different fields of applications to our problems Improve tick-by-tick order book based time series feature sets using latest preprocessing techniques Work on current and develop new deep learning models to exploit large pool of in-house features and computing infrastructure Develop scalable pipeline for building predictive models across global markets Discover and implement new sources of predictive alpha, verify that they improve existing models, and integrate them into the firm's strategy development pipeline Partner with quant researchers and software developers in implementation of conducted research to production using Python / C++ Advise infrastructure support team on latest developments on hardware and software to improve computing infrastructure for ML based research Qualifications Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field At least two years of demonstrated experience of ML/AI research in a professional setting or at a repu

Work Flexibility: Hybrid What you will do: Work with product development team and help them with requirements management and system engineering. Assist in the deployment of tools such as JAMA etc. Work closely as administrator with functional leaders, organizational units, and subject matter experts on use case for projects and their processes. Train people, execute day-to-day configuration, support, maintenance and improvement of the tools, qualification of the tools and associated processes. Perform and own tasks including, but not limited to: User account maintenance, create filters and custom reports or dashboards for each project, as needed. Write script/ software to customize workflows and create configurations. Manage release cycles and validate the software tools and upgrade, backup, and baseline the project folders within each software tool. What you need: Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or related field is preferred 2 – 7 years of experience Understanding of engineering lifecycle phases and design control processes and knowledge of Requirement Management and Test Management, Traceability. Experience with software and hardware defect tracking process and develop software using Python or any other scripting language & ability to understand and interpret electrical design and systems. Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of JAMA workflows or similar tools like JI