Sports Markets Lead
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.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You own the sports markets vertical across Polymarket US and Polymarket International. You manage sports coverage, liquidity, resolution, and partnerships while combining sports trading expertise with product management. You identify new events, work with market makers and trading firms, integrate real-time sports data, build reliable resolution systems, and collaborate with product, compliance, and engineering to improve market performance.
Requirements
- 2+ years leading sports trading, sportsbook operations, or sports exchange systems
- Deep understanding of liquidity mechanics, odds compilation, and market-making models
- Technical fluency with APIs and data feeds
- Product sensibility and understanding of systems, user flows, and feedback loops
- Comfort operating in regulated and unregulated environments
- Experience at a regulated exchange or DCM/DCO is a plus
- Background in quantitative trading or market-making is a plus
- Relationships with sports data or trading firms are a plus
- Strong interest in sports, markets, and competition
Responsibilities
- Own the sports vertical across Polymarket US and Polymarket International
- Identify and prioritize sports events for listing
- Design systematic and discretionary pipelines for new markets
- Work with market makers and trading firms to structure incentives, fees, and quoting standards
- Build reliable resolution systems using data feeds, APIs, and automation frameworks
- Integrate sports data providers such as Sportsdata.io
- Develop partnerships with leagues, data firms, and sports-adjacent brands
- Collaborate with product, compliance, and engineering to ship sports features
- Track volume, spreads, participation, and latency across sports markets
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Full health, vision, and dental coverage
- 401k match
- New MacBook Pro, large display, and accessories
