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Salary: USD 200,000 - 300,000 / annual
Kalshi is a prediction markets platform that has legalized and is rapidly scaling the first legal prediction markets in the US. The company allows users to trade on the outcome of events across politics, economics, finance, weather, tech, AI, and culture. Kalshi Trading is an affiliated trading entity operating across all market categories, and is seeking a backend engineer to build and maintain the infrastructure underlying trading operations.
You will design and develop robust, high-performance trading systems including order management, event-driven APIs, and concurrent processing systems. The role requires at least 3 years of professional backend engineering experience with direct involvement in building trading systems. You should be highly proficient in relational databases (PostgreSQL), comfortable with the AWS stack (RDS, ECS), and skilled in one or more of Golang, Rust, or C++.
Desirable additional experience includes stream processing (Kafka), frontend development, machine learning/AI/LLMs, or personal trading experience on prediction markets. The company emphasizes a flat structure with minimal hierarchy, and you will have significant influence in shaping both your role and Kalshi Trading's evolution as the company grows. There is substantial greenfield opportunity to own and develop.
Kalshi's culture is built on meritocracy, ownership, and craftsmanship. The team is small, ambitious, and deeply committed to the mission of bringing more truth to the world through markets. You will work alongside talented engineers and traders in a fast-paced environment building what the company believes will become the largest financial market on the planet.
