Trading Systems Engineer (Affiliated Trading)

Kalshi$125K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • At least 3 years of professional experience as a backend engineer.
  • Experience building trading systems, including order management.
  • Proficiency in creating high-performance, event-driven systems and APIs.
  • Ability to write concurrent code effectively.
  • Proficient with relational databases like Postgres.
  • Familiar with the AWS stack, particularly RDS and ECS.
  • Skilled in one or more programming languages: Golang, Rust, or C++.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain the backend infrastructure for trading operations.
  • Develop order management systems tailored for trading activities.
  • Create robust APIs for seamless interaction and transactions.
  • Write concurrent code to optimize system performance.
  • Design and implement database structures and manage data effectively.
  • Integrate AWS services to enhance system functionality.
  • Explore and innovate new features within the trading platform.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape your own role as the company grows.
  • Work in a dynamic environment with a focus on greenfield development.
  • Be part of an innovative team driving digital trading operations.
  • Flexible work culture encouraging personal and professional growth.
Full Job Description
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.

About Kalshi

Kalshi is a financial services company that offers a platform for trading on the outcome of events. The company was founded in 2020 by Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara. Kalshi is headquartered in New York City and is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The platform allows users to trade on the outcome of events such as elections, sports games, and other events. Kalshi aims to provide a transparent and fair trading experience for its users.
Learn more about Kalshi
Size
50 employees
Industry
Founded
2018

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