Software Engineer, Trading Platform

Kalshi
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Relational databases","Concurrency","APIs","Trading systems","Stress testing","Database optimization"]

Join a small engineering team building a next-generation financial ecosystem for Kalshi. You will work on order matching, high-performance data feeds, and clearing systems, while integrating with brokers, market makers, and banks. Expect rapid impact, green-field opportunities, and close collaboration with customers to define features and ship high-quality, scalable backend services.

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Kalshi
Kalshi
1 year ago

Software Engineer, Trading Platform

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Job Summary

Join a small engineering team building a next-generation financial ecosystem for Kalshi. You will work on order matching, high-performance data feeds, and clearing systems, while integrating with brokers, market makers, and banks. Expect rapid impact, green-field opportunities, and close collaboration with customers to define features and ship high-quality, scalable backend services.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Order matching and trade execution algorithms and data structures.
  • •High-performance data feeds and trading APIs for clients.
  • •High guarantee and availability clearing systems, including margining, collateral management, and banking integrations.
  • •Lead integrations with external market makers, brokers, and hedge funds.
  • •Stress test large-scale critical systems to ensure their robustness and maintainability.

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of software engineering experience.
  • •Experience planning and leading large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team.
  • •Strong technical grasp and ability to tackle complex engineering problems that deliver results.
  • •Solid understanding of relational databases and transactions.
  • •Familiar with writing highly concurrent systems.
Experience:4+ yearsFintech
Skills:Relational databasesConcurrencyAPIsTrading systemsStress testingDatabase optimization
Languages:English

Company Brief

Kalshi
Operates a regulated exchange offering event-based contracts that let users trade outcomes on real-world events, providing a marketplace for hedging and speculation across political, economic, and market-related questions.
Industry: Trading Platforms
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2018
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