diff --git a/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/ExecutionManager.cs b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/ExecutionManager.cs
index 82fd77dc..7d93fdde 100644
--- a/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/ExecutionManager.cs
+++ b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/ExecutionManager.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Autofac;
 using ConductorSharp.Engine.Util;
+using ConductorSharp.Engine.Polling;
 
 namespace ConductorSharp.Engine
 {
@@ -23,22 +24,17 @@ public class ExecutionManager
         private readonly ITaskService _taskManager;
         private readonly IEnumerable<TaskToWorker> _registeredWorkers;
         private readonly ILifetimeScope _lifetimeScope;
-
-        // TODO: Implement polling strategy so that if there
-        // are no requests incoming we poll less, and when queues are full
-        // we poll more often
-
-        // TODO: Implement load balancing strategy so we can avoid
-        // task starvation. One way is to create some sort of task priority
-        // which will dynamically change based on how many of those tasks we served
-        // When a task is polled we reduce its priorty and when increse the priorty of all others
+        private readonly IPollTimingStrategy _pollTimingStrategy;
+        private readonly IPollOrderStrategy _pollOrderStrategy;
 
         public ExecutionManager(
             WorkerSetConfig options,
             ILogger<ExecutionManager> logger,
             ITaskService taskService,
             IEnumerable<TaskToWorker> workerMappings,
-            ILifetimeScope lifetimeScope
+            ILifetimeScope lifetimeScope,
+            IPollTimingStrategy pollTimingStrategy,
+            IPollOrderStrategy pollOrderStrategy
         )
         {
             _configuration = options;
@@ -47,14 +43,30 @@ ILifetimeScope lifetimeScope
             _taskManager = taskService;
             _registeredWorkers = workerMappings;
             _lifetimeScope = lifetimeScope;
+            _pollTimingStrategy = pollTimingStrategy;
+            _pollOrderStrategy = pollOrderStrategy;
         }
 
         public async Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
+            var currentSleepInterval = _configuration.SleepInterval;
+
             while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
-                var scheduleQueue = await _taskManager.GetAllQueues();
-                var scheduledWorkers = _registeredWorkers.Where(a => scheduleQueue.ContainsKey(a.TaskName) && scheduleQueue[a.TaskName] > 0).ToList();
+                var queuedTasks = (await _taskManager.GetAllQueues())
+                    .Where(a => _registeredWorkers.Any(b => b.TaskName == a.Key) && a.Value > 0)
+                    .ToDictionary(a => a.Key, a => a.Value);
+
+                var scheduledWorkers = _registeredWorkers.Where(a => queuedTasks.ContainsKey(a.TaskName)).ToList();
+
+                currentSleepInterval = _pollTimingStrategy.CalculateDelay(
+                    queuedTasks,
+                    scheduledWorkers,
+                    _configuration.SleepInterval,
+                    currentSleepInterval
+                );
+
+                scheduledWorkers = _pollOrderStrategy.CalculateOrder(queuedTasks, scheduledWorkers, _semaphore.CurrentCount);
 
                 foreach (var scheduledWorker in scheduledWorkers)
                 {
@@ -62,7 +74,7 @@ public async Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                     _ = PollAndHandle(scheduledWorker, cancellationToken).ContinueWith(_ => _semaphore.Release());
                 }
 
-                await Task.Delay(_configuration.SleepInterval, cancellationToken);
+                await Task.Delay(currentSleepInterval, cancellationToken);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Extensions/ConductorSharpBuilder.cs b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Extensions/ConductorSharpBuilder.cs
index 4d55e2b6..ec4dd4b9 100644
--- a/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Extensions/ConductorSharpBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Extensions/ConductorSharpBuilder.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Autofac;
 using ConductorSharp.Engine.Behaviors;
 using ConductorSharp.Engine.Interface;
+using ConductorSharp.Engine.Polling;
 using ConductorSharp.Engine.Service;
 using ConductorSharp.Engine.Util;
 using MediatR;
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ public IExecutionManagerBuilder AddExecutionManager(int maxConcurrentWorkers, in
 
             _builder.RegisterType<ConductorSharpExecutionContext>().InstancePerLifetimeScope();
 
+            _builder.RegisterType<InverseExponentialBackoff>().As<IPollTimingStrategy>();
+
+            _builder.RegisterType<RandomOrdering>().As<IPollOrderStrategy>();
+
             return this;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Extensions/WorkflowEngineBuilder.cs b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Extensions/WorkflowEngineBuilder.cs
index 3ddcc654..3bbb1e99 100644
--- a/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Extensions/WorkflowEngineBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Extensions/WorkflowEngineBuilder.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Autofac;
 using ConductorSharp.Engine.Behaviors;
 using ConductorSharp.Engine.Interface;
+using ConductorSharp.Engine.Polling;
 using ConductorSharp.Engine.Service;
 using ConductorSharp.Engine.Util;
 using MediatR;
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ public IWorkflowEngineExecutionManager AddExecutionManager(
 
             _builder.RegisterGeneric(typeof(ValidationBehavior<,>)).As(typeof(IPipelineBehavior<,>));
 
+            _builder.RegisterType<InverseExponentialBackoff>().As<IPollTimingStrategy>();
+
+            _builder.RegisterType<RandomOrdering>().As<IPollOrderStrategy>();
+
             return this;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/IPollOrderStrategy.cs b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/IPollOrderStrategy.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29c90a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/IPollOrderStrategy.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using ConductorSharp.Engine.Model;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ConductorSharp.Engine.Polling
+{
+    public interface IPollOrderStrategy
+    {
+        List<TaskToWorker> CalculateOrder(IDictionary<string, int> taskQueue, List<TaskToWorker> taskToWorkerList, int limit);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/IPollTimingStrategy.cs b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/IPollTimingStrategy.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..995783f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/IPollTimingStrategy.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using ConductorSharp.Engine.Model;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ConductorSharp.Engine.Polling
+{
+    public interface IPollTimingStrategy
+    {
+        int CalculateDelay(IDictionary<string, int> taskQueue, List<TaskToWorker> taskToWorkerList, int baseSleepInterval, int currentSleepInterval);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/InverseExponentialBackoff.cs b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/InverseExponentialBackoff.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b572129d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/InverseExponentialBackoff.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using ConductorSharp.Engine.Model;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ConductorSharp.Engine.Polling
+{
+    public class InverseExponentialBackoff : IPollTimingStrategy
+    {
+        private const int _backoffRatio = 2;
+        private const int _recoveryValue = 50;
+        private readonly TimeSpan _recoveryInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(5000);
+
+        private DateTimeOffset _lastRecoveryTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+
+        public int CalculateDelay(
+            IDictionary<string, int> taskQueue,
+            List<TaskToWorker> taskToWorkerList,
+            int baseSleepInterval,
+            int currentSleepInterval
+        )
+        {
+            if (taskToWorkerList.Count > 0)
+            {
+                currentSleepInterval /= _backoffRatio;
+            }
+            else if (DateTimeOffset.UtcNow - _lastRecoveryTime > _recoveryInterval)
+            {
+                currentSleepInterval += 100;
+                _lastRecoveryTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+            }
+
+            return Math.Clamp(currentSleepInterval, _recoveryValue, baseSleepInterval);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/RandomOrdering.cs b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/RandomOrdering.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c311762f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ConductorSharp.Engine/Polling/RandomOrdering.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using ConductorSharp.Engine.Model;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ConductorSharp.Engine.Polling
+{
+    public class RandomOrdering : IPollOrderStrategy
+    {
+        private readonly Random _random = new Random();
+
+        public List<TaskToWorker> CalculateOrder(IDictionary<string, int> taskQueue, List<TaskToWorker> taskToWorkerList, int limit)
+        {
+            return taskToWorkerList.OrderBy(a => _random.Next()).Take(limit).ToList();
+        }
+    }
+}