Risk
KalshiPrediction Markets company
New York, United States$200,000 to $250,000 annuallySenior
Paradigm
Sequoia Capital
Andreessen Horowitz
Y Combinator
Charles Schwab
Henry Kravis
Legal & ComplianceNew
About the role
TL;DR
Manage and build out the risk function for Kalshi Prime, focusing on margin, stress testing, and regulatory compliance.
- •As Kalshi Prime scales, this role will strengthen and build out the risk function.
- •You will focus on staying ahead of customer exposure by refining margin methodology, building stress tests, and strengthening residual interest calculations.
- •Key Responsibilities Own and continuously refine Kalshi Prime's margin methodology.
- •Build and run stress tests modeling customer portfolios under extreme market moves.
- •Own the residual interest calculation and process to meet CFTC requirements.
- •Maintain the playbook for customer default and assess new products for margin parameters.
- •Requirements Direct experience managing a risk function at an FCM or CFTC Swap Dealer. 4-7 years of experience with a track record as a decision-maker in a risk function.
- •Deep fluency in risk and margin models, with the ability to build them yourself.
- •Strong grounding in derivatives and financial markets, comfortable with concepts like VaR.
- •Ability to independently build risk scenarios and forecasts.
Required skills
Risk ManagementPythonSQLCompliance Management
Nice-to-have skills
AWS
Domain expertise
fintech
Benefits & perks
equity, benefits
Tech stack
PythonSQLGitLinuxExcelPostgreSQLAWS
