9 months ago
Base Salary
$200k - $280k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance backend services and APIs for new trading features and experiences.
- Architect and maintain personalization engines, recommendation algorithms, and other data-driven features that improve trader engagement and retention.
- Partner with product managers and frontend engineers to pilot initiatives that improve or expand the platform.
- Ship end-to-end features that influence customer adoption, liquidity, and Kalshi’s product offering.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience with 4+ years of hands-on software development.
- Strong command of programming languages such as Golang and Java.
- Strong knowledge of REST API design and development.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB.
- Ability to take initiative, work in a fast-paced environment, and refine loose requirements into clear technical specifications.
- Bonus: experience with WebSockets or similar event-based infrastructure, AWS, Azure, or GCP, growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks, or trading stocks, futures, or options.
Benefits
- Equity and benefits are provided.
- The role is associated with the NYC pay transparency disclosure.
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About Kalshi
Kalshi operates a CFTC‑regulated exchange where retail and professional traders buy and sell event contracts tied to economic, political, and other measurable outcomes. The company earns exchange and transaction fees from trading activity on its platform. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, it is the first federally regulated U.S. exchange purpose‑built for event contracts.