Director of Engineering, Clearing, Payments & Risk
Polymarket·New York·Posted 19 October 2026
About the role
ABOUT POLYMARKET Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market. In the US, Polymarket operates a CFTC-regulated exchange (DCM) and clearinghouse (DCO), and we're building the infrastructure to bring event contracts to a much wider set of customers and partners. Engineering here is small, senior, and close to the business: the systems you build move real money under real regulatory obligations. ABOUT THE ROLE We're hiring a Director of Engineering to lead the teams that move, clear, and protect customer funds on Polymarket US. You'll own our clearing, payments, and risk systems, and you'll lead engineering for our Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) build, one of the most important initiatives in the company. This role needs a manager who has built these systems before and understands the regulatory model behind them, not one who will learn it on the job. WHAT YOU'LL DO • Lead engineering for the FCM program end to end: customer onboarding and account structure, customer fund segregation, margin and collateral, and the integration between the FCM and our clearinghouse. • Own the clearing engine and the post-trade path: settlement, position and balance management,…
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