Novig · 19 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer / Backend Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$175K/yr - $250K/yr
3+ years expNovig is a peer-to-peer prediction market that aims to revolutionize sports betting by providing a fair and transparent alternative to traditional sportsbooks. The Senior Backend Engineer will work on state-of-the-art technologies to enhance market practices, contribute to frontend development, and build scalable data pipelines.
GamblingMobilePrediction MarketsSports
Responsibilities
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
Exhibit strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills
Thrive independently and in small teams responsible for a large technical surface area
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
Benefits
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
Company
Novig
Novig is the high-frequency, commission-free sports betting exchange.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$24.9MKey Investors
Forerunner
2025-08-10Series A· $18M
2024-04-01Seed
2023-09-01Seed
Leadership Team
Jacob Fortinsky
Co-Founder & CEO
Kelechi Ukah
Co-Founder & CTO
Recent News
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