Quant Research

Kalshi•New York, NY

6d•$150,000 - $250,000•Onsite

About The Position

Kalshi is seeking a Quant Researcher to help build what comes next for the company, which is the first CFTC-regulated prediction market exchange and the fastest-growing company in finance. The role involves developing new indices, creating new models, and solving quantitative problems across the exchange as the business scales. This position offers the opportunity to own problems end-to-end, ship models into production, and collaborate directly with engineering, product, and trading teams in a dynamic environment.

Requirements

Very sharp, independent, and practical: you figure things out without needing a roadmap.
Strong math, stats, and quant finance background.
Comfortable with derivatives; familiarity with risk and VaR preferred.
Hands-on with Python, statistics, and ML models.
Strong quantitative degree from a leading university.
2+ years of experience.

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 that don't have established solutions.
Ramp fast on prediction markets and find the edges that others haven't seen yet.