Infrastructure Engineer

Job description

WHAT IS KALSHI? Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets. Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset. Kalshi fought for years and legalized prediction markets in the US for the first time in history, is currently the fastest growing financial market in America, and has thousands of markets across politics, economics, financials, weather, tech, AI, culture and more. We believe prediction markets have the potential to be the largest financial market because they turn anything into a financial position. - Our vision: well… build the largest financial market on the planet. - Our mission: bring more truth to the world through the power of markets. Our culture is simple: we hire really talented people, work really hard, and enjoy the climb. We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets. ROLE ROADMAP We’re building a next-generation financial ecosystem — think NYSE or CME, rebuilt from scratch. As an Infrastructure Engineer at Kalshi, you’ll help design, build, and scale the systems that power our exchange, clearinghouse, API infrastructure, broker and market-maker connectivity, and more. We are a small engineering team, which means your responsibilities scale rapidly and your impact is clear, visible, and foundational. Much of our infrastructure is still greenfield, and entire systems can be yours to design and own. You’ll work across the full infrastructure and DevOps stack to ensure reliability, speed, and robustness for one of the most ambitious financial platforms ever built. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Build and standardize infrastructure for how software is built, versioned, tested, and deployed - Automate testing frameworks across the entire testing pyramid (unit, API, integration) - Architect large-scale systems with sound tradeoffs for performance, risk, and long-term maintainability - Develop and maintain infrastructure for high-performance data feeds and trading APIs - Support clearing systems with high availability and strict guarantees, including margining, collateral management, and banking integrations - Stress-test and harden critical systems for robustness and scalability - Ship fast and with high quality - Make autonomous technical decisions — we offer flexibility, not hand-holding - Contribute to shaping Kalshi’s engineering culture as the company grows WHAT YOU BRING Required: - 3+ years of professional software engineering experience - Strong technical fundamentals and comfort tackling complex engineering problems - Excellent communication skills and a strong desire to learn - Deep familiarity with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, RDS, Kafka, load balancing, etc. - Experience creating or implementing processes and tooling that improve engineering efficiency - Demonstrated ability to plan and drive large projects with long-term impact - Excellent judgment and prioritization skills - Growth mindset, high slope, and eagerness to learn - Craftsmanship: you care deeply about quality and outcomes - Ability to ship extremely quickly - Strong experience in one or more of: - Networking: debugging and resolving complex networking issues - Security: certifications such as CISSP or CISM Bonus Points: - Experience building deployment systems in Kubernetes - Experience designing dev/test environments in Kubernetes - Experience building dynamic configuration systems NYC PAY TRANSPARENCY DISCLOSURE Salary Range: $100,000–$250,000 annually, plus equity and benefits. This range reflects current market data for this role. Kalshi has minimal hierarchy and wide variance in experience levels within each title; if your compensation expectations exceed these bands, we encourage you to reach out — we’re always happy to discuss. OUR CULTURE Meritocracy is at our core, and we value people who take ownership and figure (usually hard) things out. We dream big. We love our craft deeply and are proud of what we put out in the world. We are committed to our vision of building something big… but also useful: a product that brings more truth through the power of markets. Kalshians are Kalshi’s most important asset: we pick Kalshians carefully, so we trust them fully on day 1. COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Kalshi is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe it is our collective responsibility to uphold these values and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to join us in our mission. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law. If you are passionate about what you do and want to use your talents to support our mission and values, we’d love to hear from you.