Kalshi

Software Engineer, Trading Platform

New York, New York, United States

Sponsorship not specified$100k-$250kDetected 287 days ago

Algorithms

About the role

Kalshi is defining a new category Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets.
Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset.
Kalshi fought for years and legalized prediction markets in the US for the first time in history.

Lead integrations with external market makers, brokers, and hedge funds.
Optimize database access patterns and internal algorithms to improve the performance of our different services.
Design new market structures (e.g., non-binary markets, scalars, futures, etc.).
If you are passionate about what you do and want to use your talents to support our mission and values, we'd love to hear from you.
well… build the largest financial market on the planet.
Experience building financial systems, FIX API, clearing infrastructure, broker connectivity, etc.
Proven experience building large-scale systems

4+ years of software engineering experience.
Experience planning and leading large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team.

$100,000 to $250,000 annually plus equity and benefits.
This salary range is based on the current available market data and represents the expected salary range for this role.
Should you have compensation expectations that exceed these bands, we'd love to hear from you and would welcome you to reach out to discuss further.

bring more truth to the world through the power of markets.
Building a new category is hard… like really hard.
But it's beautiful and deeply fulfilling.
we hire really talented people, work really hard, and enjoy the climb.
We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets.
We are building a next-generation financial ecosystem (think NYSE or CME from scratch).
As part of Kalshi, you will work on various platforms, including core exchange, clearinghouse, API infrastructure, connectivity to brokers and market makers, and others.
We are a small team, which means your responsibilities scale very rapidly, and your contributions are clear and visible, not marginal.
There is still a lot of green field at Kalshi and a low of it (including entire systems) can be yours.
Role Roadmap
we give a lot of flexibility, which also means no spoon-feeding.
The company is growing fast, which means your role will evolve and grow with the company.
Joining Kalshi means you'll be exposed to all parts of the business and define our culture and product paths.
Be close to the customer (define features, ship products, iterate)! Even the backend can choose to be close to customers depending on the project.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Kalshi is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Equal Opportunity
equal opportunity employer.

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