Software Engineer
About this role
Software Engineer
$200k – $260k • 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
The infrastructure behind sports trading is broken and this role gives you the opportunity to fix it. Working across the stack, you'll borrow from the world of modern financial exchanges to build markets that are actually transparent and efficient, while keeping the experience seamless for the people using it. You'll own real-time data pipelines, shape the API that algorithmic traders live in, and have a real say in architecture decisions. One day you're deep in systems-level code, the next you're shipping a frontend component with Design. If sports, markets, and genuinely hard engineering problems get you out of bed in the morning, read on.
Who you are and what you will do
Excited to work across the full stack to build the next generation of sports betting infrastructure
Apply technologies used in modern financial exchanges to enforce transparent, efficient market practices while delivering a seamless user experience
Play a key role shaping both the market engine and the interface through which users engage with it
Build and maintain a developer-first API experience for algorithmic trading and power users
Expand product features by extending modular backend services and contributing to frontend components
Scale real-time data ingestion, processing, and distribution pipelines
Collaborate closely with Design and Product teams to build performant, intuitive user interfaces
Contribute to architecture and system design decisions across the stack
Improve observability and reliability across backend and frontend systems
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
Proficient in a systems programming language (e.g., Rust, Go, C++) and at least one modern frontend framework (e.g., React, Vue)
Experienced developing distributed systems with cloud-based architecture
Strong product intuition with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
Communicate clearly, solve problems effectively, and thrive both independently and in fast-moving, cross-functional teams
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
$200k – $260k 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
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
- Meaningful equity
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) with 4% company match
- HSA with annual company contribution
- Lunch stipend
- Dinner stipend
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