Embedded Software Engineer Pensum

Liquid-Markets-Solutions (LMS), conceptualizes, designs & implements patented & proven industry-leading hardware-based ultra-low-latency and ultra-high-capacity connectivity, market access, risk mitigation, and bespoke solutions for use in financial services and other industries.

Curious about our technology? Take a look at some of our patents:

Validating an Electronic Order Transmitted Over a Network…With a Hardware Device ()

Zero-Latency Message Processing With Validity Checks ()

Transaction Encoding and Verification By Way Of Data-Link Layer Fields ()

With locations in Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, and the United States, LMS is emerging as a global player operating on the cutting-edge of technology to deliver the world’s fastest and highest capacity network-edge computing solutions. LMS prides itself on operating an equal-opportunity environment free of discrimination and respectful of heritage, beliefs and lifestyles. We’re technologists first and foremost and love to tinker (whether with FPGA chips, network stack technology, heatsinks, or changing spark plugs in a car).

We’re all about working together and solving problems.

To support its growth LMS is seeking talented and motivated embedded software engineers to join our teams in Switzerland, and Tokyo working in close collaboration with our FPGA engineers.

Primary day-to-day duties include:

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• Hands-on involvement with advanced technology in a team-oriented environment
• Participate in business requirements discussions
• Propose, and/or evaluate, solutions to technological and performance requirements
• Conduct research to identify possible solutions to requirements
• Transform validated and approved solutions into high-level architecture design
• Develop and implement high-quality, scalable software applications
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement new features
• Design and implement functionality and performance benchmarking tools and plans
• Use agreed-upon tools to manage and maintain project components including code and design documentation, code base/version control, and project management
• Create and/or modify design and code implemented in a software language such as C/C++, Bash, Python
• Conduct peer code reviews and contribute to best practices

Required Skills:

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• 2 years or more of experience in C and/or C++ programming
• In-depth understanding of current computer systems, particularly memory/cache hierarchy, the MMU and the CPU core
• Working knowledge of Ethernet (including IP, TCP, UDP) networking experience
• Programming in any Assembler
• Experience with software speed optimization using SIMD (intrinsics and/or Assembler)
• Use of Linux administration and network tools.
• Programming the Linux/Unix socket API
• Experience with AMD (ex Solarflare) onload/ or similar APIs
• Working knowledge of scripting languages (Shell, Perl).
• Working knowledge of distributed version-control systems (Git preferred).

If you're passionate about creating exceptional software and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.