Senior Backend Engineer / Backend Engineer

$175k – $250k • meaningful equity

About Novig

Novig is building America's #1 sports prediction market. Founded by Jacob Fortinsky and Kelechi Ukah, we are the only platform to offer commission-free sports trading. We deliver better pricing, full transparency, and a more efficient market structure for users by eliminating the traditional sportsbook model.

Backed by the best - Novig has raised over $100M from some of Silicon Valley’s top investors including Pantera, Forerunner, Lux, NFX, Paul Graham, and Joe Montana.

Who we are

We’re here to fix a rigged system where the house always wins and sports fans always lose. Novig is building the future of sports betting. Our mission is to financialize and democratize sports betting - transforming it from a closed, casino-controlled system into a two-sided, fair, efficient market where users have the power.

Who you are and why this role will excite you

• Excited to apply state-of-the-art technologies from modern financial exchanges to enforce transparent and efficient market practices in the future of sports betting

• Work across infrastructure, data layer, networking, and application logic, depending on your familiarity with different components of our tech stack

• Contribute to frontend product development to maintain an outstanding user experience

• Build out a developer-first API experience for algorithmic trading integrations

• Scale real-time data ingestion and distribution pipelines

• Expand product features by extending modular service logic on top of existing core functionality

• Bring a passion for sports, markets, and technology, with curiosity about complex computer science challenges

• Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

• Possess 3+ years of experience developing distributed systems with cloud-based architecture

• Proficient in a systems programming language such as Rust, Go, or C++

• Understand trade-offs between technical decisions and business requirements

• Exhibit strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills

• Thrive independently and in small teams responsible for a large technical surface area

Why work here, in the words of the people who do

“I work with extremely stellar people, I own real systems, and decisions happen fast. No politics, no waiting for needless red tape. If something's broken, I fix it. If I build something good, it ships.”

“The people! So smart, thoughtful, fun to work with, passionate about their craft, etc”

“I'm having the most fun I've had in my entire career.”

If you want responsibility, trust, and the chance to help build the future of sports prediction markets - take your shot, we’d love to connect.

Not for everyone

• Our work is tied to live sports - that means potential nights, weekends, and pressure included.

• If you need clear swim lanes, a heavy process, or someone to tell you what to do, this won’t be the right environment.

Compensation & benefits

• $175k – $250k base, benchmarked at top-tier tech companies

• Meaningful equity for every employee, regardless of role

• 100% health premiums covered

• 99% dental & vision covered

• 401(k) with 4% company match

• HSA + $1,080 annual company contribution

• $27/day lunch stipend when working from our NYC office

• $35/day dinner stipend when working from the NYC office after 6:30pm

Homebase

Union Square, NYC
In-person 4 days a week - we like being around each other (don’t worry there are snacks).