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.

Growth Generalist

$100k – $200k • meaningful equity

Summary:

• Backed by some of the best in the game – Forerunner Ventures, YC, Lux, Soma, Paul Graham, Joe Montana, Innospark, the founders of Instacart and Dropbox, and many other top angels and funds
• Founders are recent Harvard grads with quant experience at Jane Street and BoA and years of experience as sharp sports bettors
• $300B annually bet on sports in the US and the size of the market is rapidly growing, particularly given the opportunity for operators to capitalize on the sweepstakes business model
• Currently the only way to bet is with retail sportsbooks, which have egregious margins, discriminatory and inefficient practices, and a stale betting experience
• Novig is a sports prediction market that guarantees users the best lines by allowing them to play directly against friends or the market, rather than against the house, making the sports trading experience more  efficient ,  fair , and, most importantly,  profitable

What will you do?

This isn’t a narrow performance marketing job. It’s a blank canvas. You might be technical. You might be a meme lord. You might love a wild stunt or obsess over onboarding flows. You definitely know our space well or are willing to learn it quickly. Whatever your weapon, your mission is to help Novig grow fast. 

• Create Buzz: Find ways to make Novig the story. Ride cultural waves. Drop stunts that break through. Inject us into the conversation when the internet is watching.
• Experiment Relentlessly: Build landing pages. Run scrappy A/B tests. Launch surprise promotions. Develop referral mechanics. Work across product, marketing, and ops to turn ideas into results.
• Build Loops: Drive sustainable, compounding growth through share-ability, and community-led mechanics.
• Creative Execution: Turn every new product release or app update into an acquisition channel for Novig (think X badges and community notes, IG channels, etc.)  
• Own Channels: Take our social, email, and lifecycle touchpoints from functional to unforgettable.
• Think like a Founder: This is a highly entrepreneurial role. You’ll have a ton of freedom and very few constraints. We’re looking for a self-starter who thrives with ownership.

What are we looking for?

• You’ve shipped something that went viral, moved numbers, or made people say “wait, what?”
• You’re obsessed with growth—not as a title, but as a mindset.
• You understand sports culture and internet culture—and know how to bridge the two.
• You’re creative and resourceful, with the judgment to balance risk and taste.
• You’re comfortable owning both ideas and execution. You know how to GSD.

Nice to have skills include: 

• Experience with early-stage startups, consumer products, betting/gaming, or marketplaces
• Technical chops (basic frontend, no-code, or light scripting experience)
• Experience with creative tools like Figma, Photoshop, Adobe Premiere CC, or others
• Experience running paid acquisition, building attribution, or doing user research

If you’re a chronically online sports fan, eager to work at the cutting edge of sports and prediction markets, we’d love to hear from you!

Who is 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 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.

How does Novig approach compensation?

We are big believers in providing excellent compensation to everyone on the team as we build.

• We offer salaries at the top of the benchmarks you’d find for senior roles at big name companies
• We provide equity to all employees regardless of role. We are looking for people who can grow with us as we scale our team and product, and we think it’s important for all employees, especially our first few teammates, to have significant equity in the company so you have skin in the game and our incentives are aligned.

What benefits does Novig offer?

We are embarking on an ambitious journey and are committed to providing generous benefits, even at this early stage.

• Robust health, dental, and vision plans, covering 100% of health premiums and 90% of dental and vision premiums
• Generous 401(k) plan, matching up to 4% of base salary
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with $1,080 annual company contributions
• $24/day food or commuter stipend when working in our NYC office

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.

Proof: People who work at Novig solve hard interdisciplinary problems. □