Engineering Manager, FCM & Clearing Systems

Polymarket; New York (NY); On-site; USD 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Unlimited PTO

Health, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) match

Full hardware setup: MacBook Pro, 2nd

Job summary

Polymarket is hiring an Engineering Manager 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 build.

8+ years in software engineering and 2+ years managing engineers are required, with direct experience in FCM operations, clearing, or payments infrastructure. Go or similar systems language is a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering and 2+ years managing engineers.
• Direct subject-matter experience with at least two of: FCM operations, clearing and settlement, payments infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of the CFTC framework for customer funds: segregation, margining, reporting.
• Strong instincts for money-movement correctness: double-entry ledgers, reconciliation, error handling.
• Ability to ship a 0-to-1 build at startup speed with regulatory controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering for the FCM program end to end: onboarding, account structure, fund segregation, margin and collateral, and integration with the clearinghouse.
• Own the clearing engine and post-trade path: settlement, position/balance management, reconciliation, and the ledger.
• Own payments: deposits/withdrawals across bank, card, and wallet rails; fraud checks and partner risk controls.
• Build real-time risk controls: pre-trade checks, exposure limits, monitoring for regulator-ready state.
• Collaborate daily with Clearing Operations, Treasury, Compliance, Legal, and DCO/FCM leads to translate requirements into auditable systems.
• Hire, grow, and manage a team of senior engineers; set technical bar, run on-call, stay close to code.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Go

Financial systems

Regulatory compliance

Payments infra

Job description

Polymarket is hiring an Engineering Manager 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 build.

8+ years in software engineering and 2+ years managing engineers are required, with direct experience in FCM operations, clearing, or payments infrastructure. Go or similar systems language is a plus.