Senior Backend Engineer / Backend Engineer

Novig•New York City, NY

5h•Onsite

About The Position

About Novig Novig is building America's #1 Sports Trading App. Founded by Jacob Fortinsky and Kelechi Ukah, we are the only platform to offer commission-free exchange on sports. 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 tens of millions of dollars from some of Silicon Valley’s top investors including Forerunner, YC, NFX, Paul Graham, and Joe Montana. Who we are We’re here to fix a rigged system where the house sets the rules and always wins. Novig is the future of sports markets. It’s a sports trading app built to be a fair and transparent alternative to traditional sportsbooks. We put users first. 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 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.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

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