Staff Backend Engineer ($300k - $500k salary)

WHO WE ARE

Baton Corporation is the development company that builds and operates the entire technology stack behind pump.fun http://pump.fun, the largest memecoin launchpad in production today.

~$1B daily volume. Low latency, high throughput, constant load.

What You’ll DO

• Own the hardest backend problems across the system, from performance bottlenecks and scaling limits to correctness and reliability under load

• Set technical direction for core backend systems, making principled architectural decisions that balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability

• Design, build, and operate distributed services that run in production and are relied on daily

• Identify systemic issues early and drive them to resolution, even when the problems are ambiguous or cross-cutting

• Raise the bar for backend engineering by mentoring peers, reviewing designs and code, and modelling strong engineering judgment

WHO YOU ARE

• Have built and operated distributed systems at scale multiple times

• Strong experience in Rust, Go, or TypeScript

• Deep knowledge of databases and data modelling, including tradeoffs around consistency, performance, and reliability

• Known for solving problems others couldn’t

• High-agency and ownership-driven, able to take ambiguous problems and drive them to concrete outcomes without waiting for direction

• Crypto experience is a plus, but not required

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK HERE

• We work in person

• Hours can be long and unconventional

• The pace is intense

• Expectations are high, and impact is immediate

• Working at Baton is not for everyone

WHY JOIN US?

• Unmatched ownership and autonomy

• Exposure to systems operating at the edge of crypto scale

• The ability to ship fast and see real-world impact immediately

If you’re motivated by responsibility, speed, and building products used by massive audiences, you’ll feel at home here.