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

batoncorporation· Engineering
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📍 New YorkFullTime💰 USD 300K–500K/yr

About this role

Who We Are

Baton Corporation is the development company that builds and operates the entire technology stack behind 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.

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What is the salary for the Staff Backend Engineer ($300k - $500k salary) role at batoncorporation?
The listed salary for this Staff Backend Engineer ($300k - $500k salary) position at batoncorporation is USD 300K–500K/yr. This is an FullTime role.
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This Staff Backend Engineer ($300k - $500k salary) role at batoncorporation is based in New York. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Staff Backend Engineer ($300k - $500k salary) role at batoncorporation full-time or part-time?
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When was the Staff Backend Engineer ($300k - $500k salary) job at batoncorporation posted?
This Staff Backend Engineer ($300k - $500k salary) position at batoncorporation was posted on Jan 20, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Staff Backend Engineer ($300k - $500k salary)
batoncorporation · 💰 USD 300K–500K/yr
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