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How Kalshi hires

Truth index
B 83/100
Median time to fill
65 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
47%
Reposted roles
0%

Kalshi scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 15 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 47% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 65 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Visa sponsorship

  • United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 6

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Overview

Kalshi is a financial exchange headquartered in New York City and founded in 2018 by Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara. The company operates a regulated event contracts market where people trade binary outcomes on questions covering economics, elections, weather, and sport. It is designated as a contract market by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which distinguishes it legally from sportsbooks and offshore prediction sites.

News

News CNBC 2 months ago
Goat herding hedge: How Susquehanna and Kalshi are helping this company offset a change in California law
A goat herding business facing higher wage costs turned to prediction market platform Kalshi to hedge and help offset the possible expense.
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News CBS Sports 2 months ago
Kalshi promo code CBSSPORTS: Get up to $500 bonus for 2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship
Golf fans can use the Kalshi promo code to get up to $500 in bonus funds when trading on the PGA Tour
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News CBS Sports 2 months ago
Kalshi promo code CBSSPORTS: Land up to $500 bonus for trading 2026-27 AFC champion in pro football markets
Kalshi offers new users up to a $500 bonus by trading $25 with the Kalshi referral code CBSSPORTS
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News al 2 months ago
Kalshi promo code ALCOM: Get up to $500 for Cardinals-Raiders, Patriots-Colts
The Kalshi promo code ALCOM allows new users to unlock a variable sign-up bonus of up to $500 after completing $25 in cumulative trades. This special promotion coincides with a full schedule of NFL preseason Week 1 games, including Colts-Patriots and Raid
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News Ars Technica 2 months ago
US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating
Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created "market emergency."
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News CoinGape 2 months ago
NYC Council Probes Coinbase, Kalshi, Polymarket Over Alleged Deceptive Prediction Market Ads
The New York City Council is probing Coinbase, Kalshi, Polymarket and Gemini over their prediction market marketing practices.
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News Gizmodo 2 months ago
Federal Government Demands That Kalshi Keep Operating in New York State Despite Lawsuit
The CFTC says it's "required by law to ensure order in these markets, and that is what we have done today."
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Press release cftc.gov 2 months ago
CFTC Exercises Emergency Authority to Ensure Market Stability
The CFTC exercised its emergency authority in response to KalshiEX, LLC's notification of a market emergency and ordered the exchange to continue to operate in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Act's Core Principles.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Kalshi over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
39
Postings analysed
16
Stack modernity
75/100
Languages
SQL25%
Python25%
JavaScript13%
Go6%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js13%
React Native6%
Dagster6%
Next.js6%
Databases
Amazon Redshift6%
MySQL6%
PostgreSQL6%
Presto6%
Cloud & platforms
AWS31%
Azure19%
GCP19%
Figma13%
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Full Kalshi tech stack 39 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$250k
Typical range
$50k – $300k
Open positions
29
23 Jobs
Intern 8.7%
Junior 8.7%
Middle 43.5%
Senior 34.8%
Staff 4.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 2 $55k $50k – $60k
Junior 2 $175k $100k – $250k
Middle 10 $250k $140k – $280k
Senior 8 $250k $175k – $275k
Staff 1 $300k $300k
Highest paying role Tax, Strategy & Operations $300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Kalshi By role, level and city, against the market · 29 jobs with pay

People

Luana Lopes Lara
Executive Officer, Director
Tarek Mansour
Executive Officer, Director
Alfred Lin
Director
Michael Seibel
Director
Matt Huang
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
60/100
Growing
Open positions
36
5 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
65 days
faster than 20% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
29% ▼
Sales
17% ▼
HR
13%
Marketing
13% ▲
Product
8% ▲
Support
4% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added LinkedIn to stack Sep 2026
Added Looker to stack Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Sep 2026
Added Superset to stack Sep 2026
Added A/B Testing to stack Aug 2026
Added Adobe After Effects to stack Aug 2026
Added Figma to stack Aug 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
New York
New York United States
HQ
32 open roles 20 posted in 90 days 28% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $218k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Backend, Product
seen since Nov 2025 job postings

Jobs

≈ $127k – $262k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • New York
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GCP
Azure
AWS
IAM
Cybersecurity
Okta
ISO 27001
SOC 2
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$150k – $250k per year • In office • Full-Time • New York
SQL
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$150k – $250k per year • In office • Full-Time • New York
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$115k – $180k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • New York
Figma
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$100k – $140k per year • In office • Full-Time • New York
Python
SQL
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$170k – $250k per year • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • New York
JavaScript
TypeScript
Next.js
React.js
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$180k – $275k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • New York
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$170k – $250k per year • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • New York
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$150k – $250k per year • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • New York
Python
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$180k – $250k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • New York
JavaScript
React.js
Mobile
React Native
State Management
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$180k – $270k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • New York
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$200k – $280k per year • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • New York
Go
Java
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Rest API
GCP
WebSockets
Azure
AWS
Analytics
A/B Testing
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Financials

Total raised
$1.3B
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
6
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $820.8M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $294.5M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $125M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 $70M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $30M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $6.1M Details