Backend Software Engineer

About this role

Compensation
: $170k – $250k + meaningful equity


Company Overview
Onyx Odds is a social sports prediction platform poised to shake up the world of sports. Onyx has seen immense growth in user activity and positive feedback resulting in an expansion of the team.


Onyx is a venture backed startup, having raised millions in VC funding. The founder is a Harvard grad with a background at Jane Street.


Onyx Odds is based in New York City with its offices in downtown Manhattan.


Job Description
We’re looking to add a key engineering hire to our very lean team. We are looking for someone who’s excited to work directly with the founding team to build, own, and scale the core product. As a Software Engineer, you’ll have end-to-end responsibility across the stack, significant product input, and the opportunity to shape both the technical architecture and company from day one.

• Own projects from inception to production, including architecture decisions, implementation, and observability
• Collaborate directly with cross business functions and leadership on product direction, roadmap, and prioritization

Background

• Computer Science degree from a top university
• Strong backend skill set: Node, Typescript
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks for web and mobile (React and React Native)
• 3–6+ years of experience as a software engineer
• A background developing low-latency systems or performance sensitive applications is a plus
• Thrive in startup environments — you’re entrepreneurial, resourceful, and get energy from building things that users love
• A background or interest in sports, trading, predictions, or crypto is a plus
• Visa Sponsorship: We are unable to offer employment visa sponsorship for this position

What You'll Get

• Very competitive compensation bands with regular growth in payscales
• Robust health, dental, and vision plans, covering 100% of health, dental, and vision premiums
• Meaningful equity
• HSA accoun...