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

staff$300K$500K

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About this role

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…

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