Fraud Engineer

Kalshi is building a next-generation financial ecosystem for trading event contracts, the fastest-growing asset class today. As a Fraud Engineer at Kalshi, you'll work on various platforms including core exchange, clearinghouse, API infrastructure, and connectivity to brokers and market makers. Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing and building systems for financial fraud detection and remediation
• Balancing fraud loss, cost of implementation, and customer experience
• Working closely with finance, security, product, compliance, and operations teams
• Staying abreast of the latest techniques and tools to combat fraudulent actors
• Shipping fast and with high quality

The role offers rapid growth and exposure to all parts of the business. Kalshi values meritocracy, hard work, and deep commitment to their vision of an improved financial ecosystem.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of software engineering experience in backend and data systems
• At least 2 years experience in payment fraud, abuse analysis, and investigations
• Ability to dive into the codebase and suggest improvements
• Strong desire to learn and share knowledge
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapidly changing conditions

Bonus points for experience with financial systems, large-scale systems, machine learning, and customer interaction.

Kalshi offers a salary range of $100,000 to $200,000 annually plus equity and benefits. They are committed to creating an inclusive culture and are an equal opportunity employer.