--- title: Staff Software Engineer, Mission Control at Polymarket description: Polymarket is hiring for the Staff Software Engineer, Mission Control role in New York, NY. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/staff-software-engineer-mission-control-at-polymarket-01a121e0-ec45-7384-87cd-a4b1e1fb9a7b date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Polymarket as Staff Software Engineer, Mission Control in New York, NY. Pays $250K–$500K per year. Full-time, on-site role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/b5bsep.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Polymarket | | **Location** | New York, NY | | **Salary** | $250K/yr - $500K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 09, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Polymarket sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 19 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Polymarket. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $186,000 – $218,000 a year (median $186,000). ## Description ## **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** - **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. - **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. - **Architect markets automation at scale.** Drive the design of systems that change how markets are researched, structured, deployed, and managed as volume grows. - **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. - **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. - **Embed with and partner across teams.** Work directly with leaders in Markets, Product, Polymarket US, Trust & Safety, Compliance, Operations, and CX to turn their strategic goals into technical priorities and shape how their teams work. - **Multiply the team.** Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, set the engineering culture and quality bar, and help shape hiring and team growth. ## **What We’re Looking For** - 8+ years of professional software development experience, including significant time as a technical lead or architect on production systems - Deep expertise designing, building, and scaling full-stack web applications and platforms - Expert-level skills in TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), and CSS - Extensive experience with React and Node.js (Next.js is a bonus) - A track record of setting technical direction and delivering large, cross-team initiatives from strategy through execution - Exceptional system design skills, including designing platforms that other teams build on - Proven ability to influence without authority and drive alignment among engineering, product, and business leaders - Experience mentoring senior engineers and shaping engineering culture, standards, and hiring - Strong customer empathy: you understand what teams actually need, not just what they ask for - Strong judgment under ambiguity: you know when to move fast, when to invest for the long term, and how to explain the difference - Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to write clear technical strategy and present tradeoffs to executives - A passion for blockchain, decentralized finance, and freedom of speech - (Plus) Experience building internal platforms or tooling for compliance, AML, surveillance, risk, or trading operations - (Plus) Experience in a regulated environment such as an exchange, brokerage, or financial institution - (Plus) Experience in an embedded or field engineering role, working directly alongside product or operations teams - (Plus) Experience with workflow automation or deployment pipelines - (Plus) Background in fintech, crypto, exchanges, or data-heavy applications - (Plus) Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent ## **Benefits** - Competitive salary & equity - Unlimited PTO - Full health, vision, & dental coverage - 401(k) match - Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories ## **Pay Transparency** Base salary range: $250,000 to $500,000 annually, plus equity and benefits. This range reflects a good-faith estimate for this position. Experience levels vary widely within a title here, so please reach out even if your expectations fall outside it. 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