Backed by 500 Global.
About the role
When the world's biggest stories break, whether that's an election night, a Fed decision or a championship game, people come to Polymarket to see what's likely to happen next. Millions of trades, price updates and market resolutions flow through our backend as events unfold, and every one of them has to be fast and correct. We're hiring Staff Backend Engineers to own and shape those systems as Polymarket grows into a global source of truth. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 7+ years of professional backend engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Go, Python, or Java (Go preferred)
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems, concurrency, data structures, and algorithms
- A track record of designing, shipping, and operating high-scale distributed systems in production
- An obsession with correctness and reliability, especially where failures have financial consequences
- Proven technical leadership: you've set direction for systems that span teams and helped engineers around you get better
- The ability to work independently, handle ambiguity, and drive work forward without waiting for direction
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.
When the world's biggest stories break, whether that's an election night, a Fed decision or a championship game, people come to Polymarket to see what's likely to happen next. Millions of trades, price updates and market resolutions flow through our backend as events unfold, and every one of them has to be fast and correct. We're hiring Staff Backend Engineers to own and shape those systems as Polymarket grows into a global source of truth.
This is an individual contributor role with high autonomy and high ownership. You'll work alongside a small...
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