Backend Engineer, Markets
PolymarketPrediction Markets company
New York, United StatesJunior
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About the role
TL;DR
Backend engineer to build and maintain automation pipelines for Polymarket's prediction markets.
- •Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform.
- •We are hiring an early-career backend engineer to join the Markets automation team and own meaningful pieces of this infrastructure from day one.
- •Key Responsibilities Build and maintain automation pipelines for market creation and lifecycle updates.
- •Integrate external data sources like sports APIs and news feeds.
- •Design pipelines for reliability, idempotency, and fast failure detection.
- •Contribute to data-driven systems for market resolution.
- •Debug production failures across markets infrastructure.
- •Requirements 1-4 years of professional backend engineering experience or equivalent.
- •Proficiency in TypeScript, Python, or Go.
- •Hands-on experience integrating third-party APIs and working with real-world data.
- •Evidence of shipping production code.
- •Comfort with AI-native development tools.
Required skills
TypeScriptPythonGoLinux
Nice-to-have skills
RabbitMQ
Domain expertise
crypto
Benefits & perks
Competitive salary & equity, Unlimited PTO, Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage, 401k match, Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories
Tech stack
TypeScriptPythonGoLinux