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title: 'Payments Lead at Kalshi'
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# Payments Lead at Kalshi

- **Company:** Kalshi
- **Location:** New York, NY / New York New York, United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2025-11-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kalshi/jobs/7518124003

## Job description

Kalshi is defining a new category

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. Kalshi 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.

Building a new category is hard… like really hard. But it’s [beautiful and deeply fulfilling](https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1853456453886980215). 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.

## About the Role

As Payments Lead, you’ll own the full lifecycle of payments at Kalshi — from strategy to hands-on execution. You’ll manage and coordinate the roadmap for deposits, withdrawals, and PSP integrations, while also directly managing providers, resolving issues, and monitoring day-to-day performance. You’ll sit at the intersection of product, operations, engineering, compliance, and growth, ensuring that payments are reliable, fast, and delightful.

## What You’ll Do

## Key Responsibilities

- Lead the payments roadmap: prioritize and drive initiatives that improve payment success, speed, and user experience in coordination with Engineering and Growth and other parts of the organization.
- Manage PSPs and financial partners: negotiate terms, oversee performance, and troubleshoot operational issues with processors, banks, and other partners.
- Optimize conversion and payouts: continuously improve the deposit and withdrawal experience, authorization rates, and settlement times through data-driven experimentation.
- Monitor and analyze payment health: build dashboards, track KPIs (authorization rates, declines, chargebacks, latency), and identify root causes.
- Ensure compliance and regulatory alignment: Partner with Legal/Compliance to handle KYC, AML, and CFTC-related obligations in the payments flow.
- Manage fraud prevention and response: manage fraud tools and policies, ensuring a balance between risk control and user experience. Monitor fraud and compliance health.
- Be hands-on: dive into payment ops workflows, test new integrations, reconcile issues, and own execution when needed.

## What We’re Looking For

- 5+ years of experience in payments, fintech, or product operations.
- Strong understanding of the payments ecosystem: PSPs, acquirers, processors, payment methods, fraud tools, and settlement processes.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects involving engineering, compliance, and growth.
- Proven negotiation and vendor management skills with PSPs and banks.
- Analytical and technical proficiency: able to model economics, analyze funnel data, and interpret API documentation.
- Bias toward action: comfortable switching between strategic planning and hands-on execution.
- Excellent communication and project management skills.

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.

## About Kalshi

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Kalshi is the first CFTC-regulated financial exchange that allows trading on the outcome of real-world events through “event contracts” (yes/no prediction markets).
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, led by Paradigm; raised over $2.6B in total funding) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalshi)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalshi)
- **Founded**: 2019 (public launch July 2021) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalshi)
- **Founders**: Tarek Mansour (CEO) & Luana Lopes Lara [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalshi)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Financial Services – regulated exchange for event-based derivatives (prediction markets).
- Target customers: B2C (retail traders) and institutional clients; also partners with sports leagues, media, and data providers.
- Mission: “Allow people to capitalize on their opinions and hedge risks that relate to their every day lives” and “build the largest financial exchange on the planet” [kalshi.com/careers](https://kalshi.com/careers)

## Products & Services
- **Event Contracts** – The core product: users trade yes/no contracts on real-world outcomes (e.g., “Will Trump win the election?”, “Will BTC hit $150K?”, sports results, economic indicators). Contracts expire at $1 (event happens) or $0 (doesn’t). Fully CFTC regulated. [kalshi.com/careers](https://kalshi.com/careers)
- **API / Trading Platform** – Provides a web and mobile interface for retail and institutional trading, with real-time order books.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metrics**: Annual revenue of **$90M** (latest estimate). Total funding to date exceeds **$2.6B** across 16 rounds. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalshi)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Y Combinator, Neo, Multicoin Capital, SV Angel, Charles Schwab, Henry Kravis, Paradigm. Partners include CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Google Finance, NHL, Solana, and many more. [kalshi.com/careers](https://kalshi.com/careers)
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew **156.9% YoY** (167 employees). Operates across 10 countries (US, UK, Canada, Brazil, India, Australia, etc.). 27 active job postings (+2600% YoY). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalshi)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-Mover & Regulatory Moat**: Only CFTC-regulated exchange for broad event contracts in the U.S. – heavily reduces legal risk for customers and future products.
- **New Asset Class**: Creating “event contracts” as a distinct asset class, potentially unlocking a derivatives market worth quadrillions (total global derivatives market >$1 quadrillion).
- **Deep Partnerships**: Integration with major media brands (CNN, Fox, Google Finance) drives distribution and credibility.
- **Talent Density**: Top hires from Coinbase, Citadel, Robinhood, Goldman Sachs, Meta, Scale AI. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalshi)

## Strategic Focus
- Scale the exchange to cover more event categories (sports, politics, economics, weather, AI, culture).
- Expand institutional adoption and build out the “largest financial sector in the world”.
- Continue to invest in engineering, product, and compliance to handle increasing trading volume and regulatory scrutiny.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Described as “Climb the Steeper Mountain”, “Dream big, be optimistic, and don’t compromise.” Emphasis on ownership (“It’s Yours, Make it Work”) and deliberate execution. [kalshi.com/careers](https://kalshi.com/careers)
- **Remote / Hybrid**: Many roles are “New York or Remote” (flexible). The headquarters is in NYC with a strong in-office culture (in-office meals, team events). [job-boards.greenhouse.io/kalshi](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kalshi)
- **Benefits**: Competitive salary and equity, comprehensive health/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), in-office meals, team get-togethers. [kalshi.com/careers](https://kalshi.com/careers)
- **Engineering Culture**: High-demand roles for Infrastructure Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, Software Engineers (Data, Frontend, Growth, Product, Trading Platform). Tech stack likely modern (unlisted but typical for fintech).
- **Employee Review (4.4/5)**: Career growth rated 4.4, culture 4.2, compensation 4.1 (31 reviews). Strong sense of mission and “rocket ship” growth. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalshi)

## Sources
1. [kalshi.com](https://kalshi.com/)
2. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/kalshi](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kalshi)
3. [kalshi.com/about](https://kalshi.com/about)
4. [kalshi.com/careers](https://kalshi.com/careers)
5. [linkedin.com/company/kalshi](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalshi)

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