Employment Counsel

About Polymarket

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. We enable individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized "house," Polymarket aggregates diverse opinions into transparent, market-based probabilities that reflect collective expectations about the future.

We're growing fast — both in terms of volume ($21B traded in 2025) and adoption as an alternative news source. Our ambition is to become a ubiquitous beacon of truth in global media and we need your help adding fuel to the fire.

About the Role

Polymarket is looking for an Employment Counsel to sit inside Legal and Compliance, working day-to-day alongside our Chief People Person on the full spectrum of employment matters across a growing, global workforce. You'll own your domain and be expected to resolve issues without routing everything upward.

The mandate is straightforward: keep the company's employment practices clean, well-documented, and legally sound as we scale. That means being the go-to resource for HR on daily questions, building the policy infrastructure that a company at our stage needs, and managing any litigation or agency charges that come in.

What You'll Do

- Draft and review offer letters, contractor agreements, and advisor arrangements, ensuring every document is accurate, consistent, and legally sound

- Field daily employment questions from the People team directly without unnecessary escalation

- Manage active employee complaints and performance-related documentation from intake through resolution, keeping appropriate records and advising on risk at each step

- Partner with the Chief People Person on employee relations issues, acting as a legal advisor and thought partner

- Track and respond to employment litigation and agency charges, including coordinating with outside counsel and owning the compa...