Staff Software Engineer, Mission Control

Polymarket•New York, NY

6d•$250,000 - $500,000

About The Position

Polymarket is seeking a Staff Full-Stack Engineer to lead the technical strategy and long-term architecture for its internal operational platform, Mission Control. This role involves partnering with leaders across various departments to ensure the platform evolves to meet strategic goals. Mission Control is crucial for market creation, configuration, launch, and ensuring safe and compliant operations at scale. This is an opportunity for an experienced technical leader to have broad ownership and influence within a rapidly growing company.

Requirements

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
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
Strong judgment under ambiguity
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
A passion for blockchain, decentralized finance, and freedom of speech

Nice To Haves

Next.js experience
Experience building internal platforms or tooling for compliance, AML, surveillance, risk, or trading operations
Experience in a regulated environment such as an exchange, brokerage, or financial institution
Experience in an embedded or field engineering role, working directly alongside product or operations teams
Experience with workflow automation or deployment pipelines
Background in fintech, crypto, exchanges, or data-heavy applications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Responsibilities

Own and lead Mission Control, setting the technical vision and roadmap for the platform.
Build Mission Control as a platform by designing core abstractions, data models, and extension points.
Architect markets automation at scale to improve market research, structuring, deployment, and management.
Make high-stakes technical decisions, lead architecture and design reviews, and ensure systems meet regulatory standards.
Influence beyond the immediate team by aligning with core product, infrastructure, and data teams on interfaces, shared services, and standards.
Embed with and partner across teams (Markets, Product, Polymarket US, Trust & Safety, Compliance, Operations, CX) to translate strategic goals into technical priorities.
Multiply the team by mentoring engineers, setting engineering culture and quality standards, and shaping hiring and team growth.