# Senior Backend Engineer, Trust & Safety at Polymarket

- Company: Polymarket
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://polymarket.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $250K to $500K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/polymarket/1879f7cd-1a6b-4f9e-b285-e9101eb6347a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/polymarket-senior-backend-engineer-trust-and-safety/

## About the role

Polymarket is looking for a Backend Engineer to build the detection, monitoring, and case-management systems that keep our platform compliant and safe at scale. This role partners closely with Compliance, Risk, and Legal to translate regulatory requirements into engineering systems that protect the platform and its users, with high ownership and direct impact on Polymarket's risk posture.

## What they're looking for

- Backend engineering experience building detection, monitoring, or case-management tooling for AML/BSA, KYC/EDD, or sanctions-screening obligations at scale
- Experience integrating or building on trade-surveillance and case-management platforms (e.g., Eventus, Palantir) and structuring audit-grade data pipelines
- Comfortable modeling and reconciling financial data (FinOps, ledger reconciliation) for auditability and accuracy
- Track record partnering directly with Compliance, Risk, and Legal teams to translate regulatory requirements into engineering systems
- Background in risk/fraud or compliance-technology engineering at a fintech or crypto exchange
- (Plus) Experience building real-time risk decisioning or transaction-monitoring systems at scale

Tags: Engineering