Backend Engineer (Core)

March 21

Kalshi

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Trade on the outcome of events

51 - 200

💰 $30M Series A on 2021-02

Description

• Kalshi is the first and only federally regulated exchange where people can trade on any event • Kalshi's vision is to build the next-generation financial ecosystem for trading what we believe will be the largest asset class of all • We are building a next-generation financial ecosystem • Joining Kalshi means you’ll be exposed to all parts of the business and define our culture and product paths • Kalshi is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging • We are a group of people who work hard and get stuff done. Meritocracy is at our core

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 • History of creating and applying new processes and tooling to increase engineering efficiency • Excellent judgment on task prioritizations • Growth mindset, with a high slope and eagerness to lean • Love of the craft: you genuinely care and put your all into your work • Can ship at incredible speed (very simple) • Experience building financial systems, FIX API, clearing infrastructure, broker connectivity, etc. • Proven experience building large-scale systems • Like to interact directly with customers

Benefits

• Salary Range: $100,000 to $200,000 annually plus equity and benefits