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Polymarket

Decentralized prediction market with crypto trading

People Programs

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$150k - $200k/yr+ Equity
Mid, Senior
New York, NY, USA
In Person
People & HRLearning & Development

About the job

Requirements
  • Three to five years of experience running people programs end-to-end at a technology company or high-growth startup, owning outcomes rather than coordinating.
  • Direct experience independently owning onboarding or performance cycles, including design, execution, and iteration.
  • Ability to manage vendors, budgets, and logistics across multiple programs simultaneously while maintaining details.
  • Ability to design repeatable processes and document them.
  • Experience tying people programs to measurable outcomes and explaining the results.
  • Ability to work autonomously in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities.
  • Strong written communication skills for internal communications visible across the company.
Responsibilities
  • Own and design the employee lifecycle experience, including onboarding, offboarding, and exit processes, with programs that scale as headcount grows.
  • Lead culture and engagement programming, including onsites and offsites, biweekly events, recognition, and employee resource groups, in partnership with Workplace; own the shared calendar end-to-end.
  • Design and run engagement surveys, pulse checks, and quarterly listening tours, and translate results into program changes.
  • Build manager-facing infrastructure, including development surveys, self-service tools, and feedback-cycle facilitation, to reduce routine reliance on the People Team.
  • Turn ad hoc programs such as swag and conference perks into repeatable, budgeted processes with clear ownership and cadence.
  • Manage vendor relationships and budgets across events, swag, and conferences, and report program impact to leadership.
  • Run the internship program independently from design through execution.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience supporting or building employee resource group programs.
  • Background in both lifecycle programs and culture or events work.
  • Familiarity with human resources information systems and survey tools such as Workday, Lattice, or Culture Amp.

About the company

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Polymarket

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Polymarket operates a decentralized prediction market where users trade crypto against outcomes of real-world events, from elections to sports. Bets are placed by buying and selling shares tied to event results; outcomes are resolved by decentralized oracles and rewards are paid in cryptocurrency. The platform blends a familiar trading interface with blockchain-based transparency and immutability, and it now operates in the U.S. through the acquisition of QCX, a CFTC-licensed exchange. Its goal is to offer hedging and speculative opportunities on real-world events while combining crowd-sourced forecasting with regulated crypto trading in the United States.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$3.9B

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • Polymarket’s U.S. exchange fully launched in May 2026 under CFTC oversight.
  • Reuters reported a $1 billion round at a $21 billion valuation, led by 1789 Capital.
  • September 30, 2026 Trust & Safety tools and Birches Health partnership reduce regulatory pressure.

What critics are saying

  • New York’s September 24, 2026 lawsuit seeks shutdown, restitution, and treble damages.
  • Dutch regulators fined Polymarket €420,000 in February 2026 and ordered it to stop.
  • Prediction volume fell 35% after World Cup; sports concentration leaves a fragile growth engine.

What makes Polymarket unique

  • Polymarket US is CFTC-regulated; Polymarket International remains blockchain-based and noncustodial.
  • QCX’s liquidity-provider program pays makers weekly stipends for continuous two-sided quotes.
  • September 2026 hires of Warren Jenson and Lisa Mantil target capital strategy and institutional liquidity.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) Company Match

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

6%

1 year growth

11%

2 year growth

-7%
Yahoo Finance
Oct 23rd, 2026
Polymarket fires marketing chief Matthew Modabber amid fake trades probe and IPO push

Polymarket has reportedly fired chief marketing officer Matthew Modabber, a close friend of chief executive officer Shayne Coplan. Modabber had held the role since 2024. The move follows several embarrassing episodes, including a reported scheme built on fake trades. Media reports say his team built a fake webpage showing videos of users making money on fake bets. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has opened an ongoing investigation. Polymarket's board reportedly concluded that Modabber was hindering efforts to shed the company's startup image and complicating its planned initial public offering. The two men attended high school together, which reportedly complicated the decision. No successor has been named.

Social Krave
Oct 15th, 2026
Over $600 million in Polymarket election trades took place after races ended.

Over $600 million in Polymarket election trades took place after races ended. Prediction market boosters often tout the platforms as barometers of public opinion, or even "truth machines" offering a clearer picture of where things are headed than polling or other data. In 2024, for example, Kalshi beat many pollsters in forecasting the outcome of the US presidential race. But their trading activity can also tell more perplexing stories. Two global election markets on Polymarket's offshore platform, for instance, generated over $600 million in trading volume, far more than most political markets typically attract. Most of the activity took place buying and selling contracts tied to long-shot candidates who ultimately did not win. This summer, Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party cruised to victory in federal elections, winning 438 parliamentary seats and paving the way for him to serve another five-year term. The closest competitor won 13 seats. On prediction markets, trading volume - the total value of contracts bought and sold - typically tracks roughly with the odds of a given outcome; frontrunners attract far more volume than long shots. But in this case, the trading patterns deviated sharply from the norm. Just $173,000 was wagered on Ahmed winning, compared to more than $41 million traded on his chief of staff, Shimelis Abdisa, becoming the country's next leader. Altogether, the volume traded added up to over $285 million, nearly all on losing candidates. Even odder? "Nearly all of it - about $284 million - came from pairs of accounts repeatedly buying and selling with each other," says former Polymarket trader Chris Park, who now runs the prediction-market forensic analysis firm MSR Decode. Such a high volume of seemingly pointless back-and-forth transactions has raised eyebrows among experts. "It's obviously some form of volume manipulation," says Rajiv Sethi, a Barnard College economics professor who researches prediction markets. When asked about these markets, Shana Bautista, Polymarket's head of global intelligence and investigations, told WIRED that the team "immediately flagged this activity, investigated, and blocked the accounts from trading." Polymarket did not respond to follow-up questions about why the accounts were able to trade such a high amount of volume before it took action. The timing of these trades made things even weirder. Polymarket's rules stipulated that the Ethiopia market would be resolved in October after the prime minister was formally appointed and sworn in, which meant that it stayed open for several months after Ahmed's victory was all but a foregone conclusion. For 123 days after the election, bursts of seemingly irrational trading continued, prompting Polymarket users to leave comments like "THIS NOT RESOLVED?" and "fuckkkk."

IToboz
Oct 14th, 2026
Polymarket token and airdrop: Shane Coplan Fuels rumors.

Polymarket token and airdrop: Shane Coplan Fuels rumors. Polymarket CEO Shane Coplan reignited rumors of a native token during the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore. During the discussion, he mentioned a possible on-chain asset with programmable utility integrated into the platform's economy. This announcement gave new impetus to discussions surrounding the Polymarket token and a potential airdrop. Koplan participated in a fireside session with Balaji Srinivasan. The discussion centered on an asset that could perform certain functions within the Polymarket financial ecosystem. However, Koplan did not elaborate on its operating mechanisms, did not confirm that current users would receive tokens, or provide a launch date. Polymarket CEO Renews Token Hints, Fuels Airdrop Speculation Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan has again hinted at a potential token launch, fueling speculation over a possible airdrop as more crypto startups turn to equity financing. Polymarket, one of the world's largest prediction... pic.twitter.com/8rjgDyIsRq - Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) October 14, 2026 Community expectations were heightened in early October following a social media discussion comparing Polymarket's revenue to the valuation of the Hyperliquid project's HYPE token. At the time, Koplan hinted that this topic might be raised at TOKEN2049. Polymarket token and airdrop plan. To date, Koplan has not yet provided details regarding ownership, revenue distribution, or management privileges for the proposed asset. Polymarket has not officially confirmed a token generation event (TGE) or airdrop, but the lack of official details leaves ample room for speculation regarding the launch parameters, allocations, and participation criteria. The platform's international prediction markets continue to operate without its own cryptocurrency, so the token launch will be a crucial step in the project's development. The platform covers political, economic, and other real-world events - from geopolitical contracts to elections. A native token could add a new layer to the platform's growing ecosystem, and a potential airdrop would be a way to reward early adopters if Polymarket decides to distribute assets to the community. Management's previous hints have fueled audience interest, fueling the belief that Polymarket will eventually launch a token. Should this scenario materialize, trading activity, market participation, and the platform's eligibility rules could be key factors in user qualification. Пока Polymarket не раскроет свои планы, токен и аирдроп остаются неподтвержденными, но они продолжают привлекать внимание как вероятные следующие шаги в эволюции проекта. Финансирование и регулирование в США. Активность Polymarket в сфере привлечения инвестиций стоит особняком от спекуляций вокруг токена. В 2025 году Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) согласилась инвестировать до $2 млрд при предварительной оценке компании около $8 млрд. Партнерство включало планы по распространению данных о событиях Polymarket институциональным клиентам и изучению будущих проектов по токенизации. В марте 2026 года ICE завершила инвестирование еще $600 млн в рамках ранее принятых обязательств. В апреле отчеты указывали на оценку Polymarket в районе $15 млрд. В августе появились сообщения о переговорах по привлечению около $1 млрд при оценке выше $20 млрд, однако эти условия не были подтверждены официальным анонсом компании. JUST IN: JPMorgan had cut Polymarket's bank accounts in October, but still wants a role in its potential $20 BILLION IPO. The bank had previously told Polymarket to find a new lender over regulatory concerns, and is now angling to underwrite the company's listing as it seeks... pic.twitter.com/FfGYdBK9Xi - Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) August 16, 2026 В отчетах о вариантах финансирования Polymarket также упоминалось возможное IPO, но компания не объявляла о подаче заявок, дате листинга или одобренном публичном предложении акций. Оценка стоимости и обсуждение финансирования относятся к отдельному корпоративному треку развития. Работа в США - это еще одно независимое направление. В 2025 году Polymarket приобрела QCEX и создала отдельную внутреннюю платформу для американских клиентов. CFTC зарегистрировала QCX LLC (работающую как Polymarket US) в качестве назначенного контрактного рынка (DCM) 9 июля 2025 года. Международный сайт Polymarket и американское приложение функционируют раздельно. Согласно справочной документации от июня 2026 года, резиденты США не могут торговать на международном сайте. Пока нет информации о том, будет ли будущий актив применим к обоим сервисам и смогут ли пользователи из США претендовать на распределение токенов. На данный момент нет подтвержденной даты "снимка" (snapshot) или заявлений о том, что прошлая торговая активность будет учитываться при отборе. Официальная информация не содержит данных о токен-программах ни для международной платформы, ни для Polymarket US. Ключевыми факторами остаются функции актива, условия выпуска и правила распределения, а не очередная волна слухов в сообществе. Новость Токен Polymarket и аирдроп: Шейн Коплан подогрел слухи была опубликована на Cryptonews На Русском.

The Digital Track
Oct 6th, 2026
Polymarket initiates testing of comprehensive smart contract system upgrade.

Polymarket initiates testing of comprehensive smart contract system upgrade. October 7, 2026 The Currency Analytics general Positive Polymarket, the leading decentralized prediction market platform, is now actively testing a brand-new smart contract system in what represents one of the most significant technical upgrades in the protocol's history. The comprehensive overhaul targets the core infrastructure that powers billions of dollars in event-driven trading volume, with implications for smart contract security, gas efficiency, and overall platform scalability. As decentralized prediction markets gain mainstream attention - particularly following Polymarket's record-breaking engagement during the 2024 U.S. presidential election cycle - this upgrade arrives at a critical moment when user demand and contract complexity are at all-time highs. A robust smart contract upgrade on Polymarket could directly improve user experience, reduce transaction costs on the Polygon network, and fortify the protocol against potential exploits that have plagued other DeFi platforms. Traders and developers following decentralized betting platforms, blockchain prediction markets, and DeFi smart contract security will want to monitor this rollout closely. The timing also reflects a broader industry trend of established DeFi protocols conducting major technical overhauls to support institutional-grade reliability and expanded market offerings. Watch for Polymarket's official announcement of a mainnet deployment date and any changes to market creation mechanics or liquidity structures that could signal the platform's next phase of growth. Polymarket is testing a brand-new smart contract system.

Kooc Media Ltd.
Oct 6th, 2026
Polymarket sets November V2 move, but testing comes first.

Polymarket sets November V2 move, but testing comes first. Polymarket begins Protocol V2 testing with pUSD, four market types, oracle tools, and cross-chain support before November rollout. Tldr. Table of Contents * Polymarket has started canary testing for its rebuilt Protocol V2 system. * The platform tentatively plans to move new markets to V2 on November 2. * V2 supports four market types and introduces pUSD as collateral. * The OracleAggregator can connect markets with UMA, Chainlink, and other data sources. * Six security firms audited the protocol, while its critical bug bounty reaches $5 million. Polymarket has started canary markets on Protocol V2, a rebuilt smart-contract system for prediction markets. Protocol lead Rajath Alex said Polymarket will continue testing through October 30. The platform tentatively plans to move new markets to V2 on November 2. Polymarket tests new market system. Protocol V2 replaces the Conditional Tokens Framework, which dates to 2019. The setup uses one ERC-1155 contract to manage positions. It also uses pUSD as collateral, exchanges for market types, and a router for transactions. The first version supports Binary, Atomic Neg-risk, Incremental Neg-risk, and Combinatorial markets. Polymarket added an OracleAggregator that can use UMA, Chainlink, and other data sources. CFTC prediction-market rule proposals have kept attention on how event contracts operate in the United States. The system includes tools for moving positions, collateral, and market results across blockchains. Polymarket has not activated those features yet. The company plans to use them when it expands beyond its current network. Polymarket is launching Data API V2 with the contract upgrade. The Rust-based service uses the company's own onchain indexer to organize market data. The change gives developers a new data layer for the V2 rollout. Polymarket odds on a possible October rate hike showed how traders use the platform for economic events. The new protocol aims to support more market structures while keeping the contract system simpler than the current setup. Security reviews cover Protocol V2. Six security firms reviewed the V2 code before migration. Cantina, Certora, Quantstamp, SigmaPrime, Zellic, and Pashov completed audits. Certora also used formal verification to check the code against defined rules. Polymarket offers a bug bounty of up to $5 million for critical findings. The program rewards security researchers who report serious flaws before wider use. The upgrade arrives as Polymarket adds senior staff and expands its protocol team. Rajath Alex joined in May. The company later hired Bird founder Travis VanderZanden as chief growth officer. A trader's return to Polymarket for a Trump AI wager also drew attention last week. Separately, reports say the company is discussing a $1 billion funding round at a $21 billion post-money valuation. The canary period gives Polymarket time to test V2 under real market conditions before the planned switch. The November 2 date remains tentative, and the company can adjust the schedule based on testing results. Limited Time Offer Get 3 free stock ebooks. Discover top-performing stocks in AI, Crypto, and Technology with expert analysis. * Top 10 AI Stocks - Leading AI companies * Top 10 Crypto Stocks - Blockchain leaders * Top 10 Tech Stocks - Tech giants