Novig

America's #1 Sports Trading App

Senior Security Engineer

$200K - $250KNew York, NY, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Full stack
Experience
3+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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About the role

Senior Security Engineer

$200k – $250k • 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

As a Senior Security Engineer, you'll build the systems that make security proactive and scalable: automation pipelines, AI agents, and policy-as-code controls that handle vulnerability management, compliance enforcement, and identity security without requiring constant human intervention. This is a wide-scope, high-ownership role — you'll move across the full breadth of security engineering, anticipate risk before it surfaces, and drive work forward without waiting to be told where to look. What you build here becomes the security foundation that the entire company scales on, and if you want to see your work meaningfully reduce risk across an entire organization, this is that job.

Who you are and what you will do

  • Operate proactively across a wide surface area of security engineering — owning a broad scope and driving work forward without waiting to be told where to look
  • Build and maintain SOAR workflows and SIEM integrations that automate detection, triage, and response across our infrastructure
  • Develop AI agents and LLM-powered automation to handle security tasks that would otherwise require continuous manual oversight
  • Own vulnerability management end-to-end: scanning, prioritization, and automated remediation pipelines
  • Implement compliance and policy as code, turning security requirements into enforceable, auditable controls
  • Harden cloud environments and embed security scanning into IaC pipelines (Terraform, CDK, etc.)
  • Manage and improve IAM systems — access controls, privilege boundaries, and identity lifecycle automation
  • Integrate and operate MDM/EDR platforms, ensuring endpoint visibility and enforcement at scale
  • Partner cross-functionally with infrastructure, engineering, and compliance teams to embed security earlier in the development lifecycle

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

  • $200k – $250k 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

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.

Novig
Founded:2021
Batch:S22
Team Size:55
Status:
Active
Location:New York City, NY
Founders
Jacob Fortinsky
Jacob Fortinsky
Founder
Kelechi Ukah
Kelechi Ukah
Founder