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Senior Android Engineer

Polymarket · New York · On-site

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About Polymarket

Polymarket is the world’s largest prediction market, allowing you to stay informed and profit from your knowledge by trading on future events across various topics. Backed by General Catalyst and Founders Fund.

About the role

Polymarket is looking for a Senior Android Engineer to help build a world-class trading app on Android. Millions of users follow markets, track positions, and make trades on their phones — and the Android experience needs to match that level of engagement.

What they're looking for

  • Strong, current experience with Kotlin — the kind where you can speak concretely to tradeoffs and have opinions
  • Strong, current experience building UI with Jetpack Compose in production apps
  • Practical experience contributing to CI/CD pipelines and managing Gradle build configuration
  • Solid understanding of modern Android architecture and the ability to make sound decisions across it without being hand-held
  • Active use of AI tools in your development workflow — not occasionally, but as a real part of how you work
  • (Plus) Experience integrating payments on Android
More about this role

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. We enable individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized "house," Polymarket aggregates diverse opinions into transparent, market-based probabilities that reflect collective expectations about the future.

We're growing fast — both in terms of volume ($21B traded in 2025) and adoption as an alternative news source. Our ambition is to become a ubiquitous beacon of truth in global media and we need your help adding fuel to the fire.

Polymarket is looking for a Senior Android Engineer to help build a world-class trading app on Android. Millions of users follow markets, track positions, and make trades on their phones — and the Android experience needs to match that level of engagement.

This is a high-ownership role for someone who understands what it takes to build a great trading or wagering experience on mobile: the performance requirements, the real-time data challenges, the UI patterns that make fast-moving information feel intuitive rather than overwhelming. You'll raise...

Read the full posting on Polymarket's site ↗

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