Staff Frontend Engineer ($400k - $500k salary)
batoncorporation · New York · onsite
USD 400,000 to 500,000 a year
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.