Senior Backend Engineer, US Exchange
Polymarket7 months ago
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable, low-latency backend services for Polymarket’s exchange using C/C++ or other performance-oriented systems languages.
- Profile, tune, and debug production systems for latency, throughput, memory usage, and correctness.
- Build and operate distributed systems, APIs, data pipelines, and event-driven systems using Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ, or similar platforms.
- Improve security, availability, performance, and scalability across backend systems and participate in diagnosing and resolving production issues.
- Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and data engineers to integrate the exchange with the broader platform.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architectural decisions.
Requirements
- 4–7+ years of professional backend development experience.
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ preferred, or Go, Rust, or Java.
- Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, concurrency, and memory management.
- Experience building low-latency, high-throughput systems.
- Ability to debug complex systems and production issues on Linux while owning correctness and performance end to end.
- Experience in trading systems, HFT, gaming, telecom, or other latency-sensitive domains is a plus.
- Production experience with Kafka, Pulsar, or similar streaming platforms at scale is a plus.
- Familiarity with gRPC, Protobuf, ZeroMQ, or similar technologies is a plus.
- Experience deploying systems in cloud environments such as AWS or GCP and using containers is a plus.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity are offered.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Full health, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) match.
- Hardware setup including a new MacBook Pro, large display, and accessories.
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About Polymarket
Polymarket operates an online prediction-market exchange where people trade on the outcomes of real-world events across politics, economics, sports, and culture. The platform aggregates trades into market-based probabilities and generates revenue through trading fees on a peer‑to‑peer marketplace. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in New York, it is a privately held company.