A16zcrypto

A16zcrypto

Quant Researcher

New York Office · Mid

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$250kDetected 126 days ago
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About the role

  • 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.
  • ROLE ROADMAP Kalshi is the first CFTC-regulated prediction market exchange and the fastest-growing company in finance.

Responsibilities

  • Build and own quantitative models that go into production, not into decks
  • Develop new indices and research problems across the exchange
  • well… build the largest financial market on the planet.
  • We're hiring a Quant Researcher who will help build what comes next:
  • You'll own problems end to end, ship models into production, and work directly with engineering, product, and trading.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Strong quantitative degree from a leading university
  • 2+ years of experience

Nice to have

  • familiarity with risk and VaR preferred
  • Comfortable with derivatives

Compensation

  • $150,000 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 further discuss.

Benefits

  • We are committed to our vision of building something big… but also useful: a product that brings more truth through the power of markets.

Company info

  • Our culture is simple: we hire really talented people, work really hard, and enjoy the climb.
  • OUR CULTURE Meritocracy is at our core, and we value people who take ownership and figure (usually hard) things out.
  • 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.
  • Our culture is simple:
  • We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets.

Equal opportunity

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