Developer Relations Engineer
About this role
Developer Relations Engineer
$130k – $180k • meaningful equity
About Novig
Novig is building America's #1 sports prediction market. Our mission is to financialize and democratize sports trading - taking a closed system run by casinos and turning it into a fair, efficient, two-sided market where the power sits with users.
With Novig recently becoming a CFTC-designated market — the fastest designation of its kind in US history— we're bringing the prediction market built for sports fans nationwide.
We're backed by some of Silicon Valley's top investors — Pantera, Forerunner, Lux, NFX, Paul Graham, and Joe Montana — who have collectively invested over $100M behind this vision.
About the Role
This is the role for someone who wants to be the technical backbone behind every trading partner plugged into Novig's exchange. You'll own the technical relationship with market makers and liquidity providers, trading firms, and B2B or embedded partners integrating our APIs, sitting between them and our engineering team while also getting hands-on in the codebase yourself, shipping PRs and hot fixes as part of the job. You'll give each of our LPs the same detailed, high-touch support we're known for, and as we keep scaling, you'll help build the muscle to hold onto that same responsiveness with more partners than ever.
Who you are and what you will do
You're the technical anchor for everyone plugged into Novig's exchange, including future market makers, liquidity providers, trading firms, and B2B partners integrating our APIs
You sit between trading, ops, and engineering, fielding technical questions so nothing gets lost in translation
You can actually write code, not just talk about it. Shipping PRs and hot fixes is a normal part of this job
You stay calm and sharp when things break. When a liquidity provider’s integration goes down, you can diagnose it quickly and keep people informed while you fix it
You think ahead about scale. As our partner base grows, you help figure out how to keep support fast and personal instead of letting it become a bottleneck
You take ownership of the partner experience, from the first technical conversation through ongoing support, so every integration gets the same level of care as our very first one
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! They're smart, thoughtful, fun to work with and passionate about their craft.”
“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
$130k – $180k 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
$50/monthly company contribution to employee transit
$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
Company at a glance
About Novig
At Novig, we have reimagined the sports betting landscape by building a sweepstakes-based sports prediction market. Our innovative platform allows users to engage in sports predictions without traditional gambling constraints. By leveraging the sweepstakes model, we ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while providing a unique, engaging, and profitable experience for our users. Our goal is to make sports prediction more accessible, fair, and enjoyable. Novig’s founders, Jacob and Kelechi, are recent Harvard grads with experience at Jane St & BoA who started Novig with the belief that a commission-free P2P exchange model will replace the exploitative and unprofitable betting model of traditional sportsbooks. They themselves were sophisticated sports bettors who grew increasingly frustrated by the latency, discriminatory practices, monotony, and non-profitability of the retail sports betting experience. As the regulatory landscape evolves in the United States, Novig is positioned to become a leading innovator with our unique focus on research and technology.
Technology
We're building the first high-frequency sports prediction trading platform. Stack: mobile app in React Native; backend exchange and trading components in Java; database layer in PostgreSQL, Mongo, S3. We’re a nimble team of researchers, engineers, statisticians, and other flavors of nerd who want to tackle some of the most challenging open-ended problems at the intersection of sports, game theory, and technology. If you enjoy solving hard interdisciplinary problems, then you’ll enjoy working at Novig.
Top Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) with 4% company match
- HSA with annual company contribution
- Transit stipend
- Lunch stipend
- Dinner stipend
- Equity
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