Batoncorporation

Batoncorporation

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

New York · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 183 days ago
TypeScriptGoRustDistributed SystemsMentoring

About the role

  • Low latency, high throughput, constant load.

Responsibilities

  • Own the hardest backend problems across the system, from performance bottlenecks and scaling limits to correctness and reliability under load
  • 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
  • High-agency and ownership-driven, able to take ambiguous problems and drive them to concrete outcomes without waiting for direction

Requirements

  • Strong experience in Rust, Go, or TypeScript
  • Deep knowledge of databases and data modelling, including tradeoffs around consistency, performance, and reliability
  • The ability to ship fast and see real-world impact immediately

Nice to have

  • Crypto experience is a plus, but not required

Company info

  • 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.
  • ~$1B daily volume.

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