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Trading Systems Engineer (Kalshi Trading LLC)

Kalshi
Location
New York, New York, United States
Posted
17 days ago
Department
Engineering
Salary
$200,000 to $300,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 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)
Nice to have
  • 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
What the job really is

As a Trading Systems Engineer at Kalshi, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure that supports trading operations. Your role will involve developing high-performance event-driven systems and APIs, writing concurrent code, and working with relational databases. You will have the opportunity to shape your role and influence the direction of Kalshi Trading as the company grows.

Benefits
  • Salary Range: $200,000 to $300,000 annually plus equity and benefits
Things to weigh
  • Fast-growing company with a relatively small team
  • Role allows for significant influence and autonomy
  • No specific mention of work-life balance or remote work options
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