Quant Researcher

About the Company

Kalshi is the first CFTC-regulated prediction market exchange and the fastest-growing company in finance. Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset, bringing more truth to the world through the power of markets.

Responsibilities

• Build and own quantitative models that go into production
• Develop new indices and research problems across the exchange
• Work directly with engineering, product, and trading on problems without established solutions
• Identify edges in prediction markets

Requirements

• Strong math, stats, and quant finance background
• Hands-on experience with Python, statistics, and ML models
• 2+ years of experience
• Strong quantitative degree from a leading university
• Comfortable with derivatives; familiarity with risk and VaR preferred
• Ability to work independently and figure things out without a roadmap