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.