About this role
Role Roadmap
Kalshi Trading is an affiliated trading entity that operates across all different categories on Kalshi. We are looking for backend engineers who can build and maintain the infrastructure underlying our trading operations. The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:
- At least 3 years of professional experience as a backend engineer
- Experience directly building trading systems including order management
- Experience building robust high performance event-driven systems and APIs
- Experience writing concurrent code
- Very comfortable with relational databases (e.g. Postgres)
- Familiarity with the AWS stack (especially RDS and ECS)
- Proficiency in one of: Golang, Rust, C++
In addition to the above, the ideal candidate will also potentially have one or more of these attributes:
- Familiarity with stream processing (Kafka)
- Familiarity with frontend development
- Familiarity with machine learning, neural networks, or generative AI including LLMs
- Experience trading on Kalshi or other prediction markets
The rest of what the role looks like is up to you - a big part of our approach is that you get to chart your path as we grow and evolve. You will have a lot of influence in shaping what both your role and the activity of Kalshi Trading look like as we grow. There's a lot of green field to conquer, we trust that you'll make a lot of it your own.
Our Culture
Meritocracy is at our core, and we value people who take ownership and figure (usually hard) things out. We dream big. We love our craft deeply and are proud of what we put out in the world. We are committed to our vision of building something big… but also useful: a product that brings more truth through the power of markets.
Kalshians are Kalshi’s most important asset: we pick Kalshians carefully, so we trust them fully on day 1.
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. We believe it is our collective responsibility to uphold these values and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to join us in our mission. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law. 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.
Compensation Range: $180K - $300K
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