Software Engineer
US$250,000 – US$500,000 / yr base salary
Posted 9 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Staff Software Engineer, Mission Control”
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- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$250,000 – US$500,000 / yr |
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Field of studyComputer Science (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
About Polymarket
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.
About the Role
Polymarket is looking for a Staff Full-Stack Engineer to define the technical strategy and long-term architecture of the systems that power how Polymarket operates. You’ll partner with leaders across the company, understand their strategic goals at a deep level, and shape how our operational platform evolves to meet them.
These systems center on Mission Control: the internal platform Polymarket uses to run Polymarket. Mission Control is the backbone for teams across the company, including Markets, Product, Polymarket US, Trust & Safety, Compliance, Exchange Operations, and Customer Experience. It is critical to how we create, configure, and launch markets, and to how we operate safely and compliantly at scale.
This is a role for an experienced technical leader who wants broad ownership, influence across the organization, and a direct hand in how Polymarket operates as it scales.
What You’ll Do
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Own and lead Mission Control. Set the technical vision and roadmap for the platform used to run Polymarket, the engine behind our markets, operations, compliance, and growth.
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Build Mission Control as a platform. Design the core abstractions, data models, and extension points that let teams across the company build on Mission Control safely and quickly, without a dedicated engineer for every workflow.
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Architect markets automation at scale. Drive the design of systems that change how markets are researched, structured, deployed, and managed as volume grows.
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Make high-stakes technical decisions. Lead architecture and design reviews, weigh tradeoffs across reliability, security, compliance, and speed, and make sure our systems meet the standards of a regulated exchange.
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Influence beyond your team. Work with core product, infrastructure, and data teams to align on interfaces, shared services, and standards. Identify problems across the company before they become blockers.