Backend Engineer Markets
Polymarket is a decentralized information markets platform that lets users bet on the outcome of real-world events.
Maintainer signals as of 8/12/2026
Funding history
About Polymarket
Polymarket is an information markets platform where users can trade on the outcomes of various events, leveraging the power of free markets to forecast the future. It provides a mechanism for users to bet on real-world events and earn money based on the outcomes.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You build and maintain automation pipelines for market creation, configuration, lifecycle updates, and resolution across thousands of markets. You integrate external data sources, design reliable and idempotent systems, debug production failures, review code, and participate in design discussions.
Requirements
- 1–4 years of professional backend engineering experience
- TypeScript
- Python
- Go
- Third-party API integration
- Real-world data integration
- Production deployment
- AI-native development tools
- Linux
- Cloud tooling
- Queues
- Kafka
- RabbitMQ
- Workflow engines
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain market automation pipelines
- Integrate sports APIs, news feeds, and external data sources
- Design reliable and idempotent pipelines
- Implement monitoring and alerting
- Contribute to market resolution systems
- Debug production failures
- Review code
- Participate in design discussions
Benefits
- Equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Full health coverage
- Full vision coverage
- Full dental coverage
- 401k match
- New MacBook Pro
- Big display
- Accessories
