# Compliance, Licensing & Strategic Initiatives at Kalshi

- Company: Kalshi
- What the company does: Backed by Sequoia, Y Combinator and a16z.
- Company website: https://kalshi.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York Office
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kalshi/f725fabf-05e9-4ca6-bed6-258fd7012104
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kalshi-compliance-licensing-and-strategic-initiatives/

## About the role

Own complex licensing and regulatory initiatives end-to-end across new products, jurisdictions, and regulated business lines Develop regulatory strategies for new products, partnerships, market expansion, and other strategic business initiatives

## What they're looking for

- 8–12 years of relevant experience in financial-services compliance, regulatory licensing, fintech, crypto, payments, or related fields
- Direct, substantive experience working through complex financial-services licensing or regulatory approval processes, ideally within a fintech, crypto, payments, or other technology-driven financial-services company
- Experience owning complex regulatory processes from initial assessment through application, regulator engagement, remediation, and approval
- Strong understanding of financial-services regulatory frameworks, licensing requirements, governance expectations, and compliance program design
- Demonstrated ability to independently take regulatory or strategic questions and turn them into clear recommendations and executable workplans
- Strong project-management skills with the ability to drive multiple complex, cross-functional workstreams simultaneously

Tags: Compliance