Senior Software Engineer, Trading Platform

Dormont Manufacturing Co; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Kalshi is looking for a Software Engineer to work on next-gen financial systems. This position offers a salary range of $200,000–$280,000 annually, plus equity and benefits. Responsibilities include developing algorithms and APIs, ensuring system robustness, and optimizing performance.

The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years of software engineering experience, project leadership skills, and a strong grasp of relational databases. Kalshi fosters a meritocratic culture that values ownership and innovation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience in planning and leading impactful projects.
• Strong technical grasp on complex engineering problems.
• Solid understanding of relational databases and transactions.
• Familiarity with writing highly concurrent systems.
• Ability to apply new processes for engineering efficiency.
• Excellent judgment on task prioritization.
• Eagerness to learn and grow in the craft.

Responsibilities

• Develop order matching and trade execution algorithms.
• Create high-performance trading APIs for clients.
• Ensure robustness of clearing systems and integrations.
• Stress test large-scale critical systems.
• Optimize database access patterns.
• Design new market structures.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Project leadership

Complex engineering problem solving

Relational databases

Concurrent systems

Engineering efficiency processes

Task prioritization

Growth mindset

High-speed shipping

Job description

Kalshi is looking for a Software Engineer to work on next-gen financial systems. This position offers a salary range of $200,000–$280,000 annually, plus equity and benefits. Responsibilities include developing algorithms and APIs, ensuring system robustness, and optimizing performance.

The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years of software engineering experience, project leadership skills, and a strong grasp of relational databases. Kalshi fosters a meritocratic culture that values ownership and innovation.