Technical Project Manager

Polymarket Polymarket · Fintech · New York, NY · Engineering

Polymarket is a prediction market platform seeking a Technical Project Manager to streamline engineering workflows, reduce coordination overhead, and ensure project execution in a fast-paced environment. The role involves tracking projects, resolving blockers, facilitating cross-team communication, and managing project timelines without introducing heavy process.

What you'd actually do

  1. Track active engineering projects and maintain Linear organization across all initiatives
  2. Follow up on blockers across product, design, backend, mobile, and web teams
  3. Write lightweight status updates that keep everyone aligned without creating bureaucracy
  4. Facilitate coordination between engineering teams to prevent duplicate work and missed dependencies
  5. Identify when projects are slipping and proactively pull in the right people to get them back on track

Skills

Required

  • 3+ years of project management or coordination experience, preferably in fast-moving engineering environments
  • Experience working closely with engineering teams on technical projects
  • Experience coordinating between mobile and web development teams
  • Proactive communication style with warm, approachable demeanor
  • Familiarity with Linear, Jira, or similar project tracking tools

Nice to have

  • Low-ego personality who can work effectively with engineers at all levels

What the JD emphasized

  • thrives in chaos
  • reduce the coordination overhead
  • organize it, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks
  • proactive
  • comfortable with constant change
  • actively helps us accelerate
  • Positive attitude toward chaos and ambiguity
  • create order without slowing things down