Baton Corporation

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

Baton Corporation

New YorkSeniorFullTime$300k – $500kPosted Jan 20, 2026

Job description

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. The systems are low latency, high throughput, live under constant load, and break if you get them wrong. WHAT YOU’LL DO As a Staff Frontend Engineer, you’ll own the design and evolution of large parts of our frontend architecture.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role focused on building fast, reliable, and maintainable user-facing systems under real load.

  • Architect and evolve large-scale frontend systems using React and Next.js that serve hundreds of thousands of users
  • Own performance, reliability, and correctness across critical user flows, including rendering performance, state management, and data fetching
  • Design frontend abstractions and patterns that scale with team and product complexity, not just feature count
  • Work closely with backend and Solana engineers to define clean, efficient client–server boundaries
  • Lead complex frontend initiatives end to end, from technical design through implementation, rollout, and iteration
  • Set a high bar for code quality, testing, and operational readiness across the frontend codebase
  • Mentor and unblock other frontend engineers through design reviews, pairing, and hands-on guidance WHO YOU ARE
  • A staff-level frontend engineer with deep experience building production React applications at scale
  • Have owned frontend systems used by large, real user bases, not just internal tools or small apps
  • Strong understanding of browser internals, rendering pipelines, performance optimisation, and modern frontend tooling
  • Comfortable designing systems that balance developer velocity, performance, and long-term maintainability
  • Deep experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript; comfortable working close to the metal when needed
  • High-agency and ownership-driven, able to drive large initiatives with minimal guidance
  • Thoughtful about tradeoffs and able to make pragmatic decisions based on real-world constraints
  • Interested in crypto systems or high-scale consumer products, and excited by fast-moving environments 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.