Lead Solutions Engineer

ABOUT POLYGON LABS

Polygon Labs is a global blockchain payments company building and operating infrastructure to move money instantly, reliably, and at internet scale, with the mission to move all money onchain. It is building the Polygon Open Money Stack, an open and integrated stack of services and technologies to instantly and reliably move money anywhere, and put it to work. Its infrastructure has facilitated trillions of dollars in onchain value transfer and supported millions of transactions daily for some of the globe's largest banks, fintechs, enterprises, and consumer applications.

YOUR ROLE

We're hiring a lead, hands-on Solutions Engineer to support our payments and financial infrastructure products. You will operate at the intersection of product, engineering, & BD. Your role will be to translate complex, legacy payments systems and customer constraints into clear, workable integrations using Polygon’s payments stack and broader Web3 infrastructure.

This is not a pure sales role and not a pure engineering role. You are expected to independently scope integrations, unblock deals, and guide customers through ambiguity.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

PRE-SALES SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING

- Support BD in late-stage deals and technical evaluations

- Lead technical discovery with customers, focusing on complex legacy payments, fund flows, and compliance

- Align customer business models (tradfi, fintech, platforms, embedded finance, global payments) with scalable payment architectures

- Translate customer business and system requirements into implementation plans

- Design and explain integrations for:

- Wallets

- Payments APIs

- KYC/KYB, onboarding, risk, and compliance

- Widgets, SDKs, hosted components, and embedded payment experiences

- Develop reference architectures, integration diagrams, payment flow documentation, and technical walkthroughs

- Serve as the technical authority in customer discussions when needed

- De...