Founding Engineer - Baton AI

Pear

$120K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of full-stack engineering experience, particularly with React and Typescript.
  • Proficiency in modern web development: React/NextJS and Node.js; familiarity with Python and Elixir is a plus.
  • Experience building rich-text editors or willingness to take on such challenges.
  • Strong interest or experience in developing AI/LLM-powered applications and automation tools.
  • Product-minded engineer focused on clean code and user experience.
  • Effective problem-solver, capable of navigating ambiguity while delivering results quickly.
  • Enthusiastic about working in person in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build essential components of the web application and AI automation platform.
  • Tackle complex challenges involving AI agents, monitoring, and API integrations.
  • Collaborate with customers and the founding team to influence technical directions and product features.
  • Rapid prototyping and experimental development in a low-bureaucracy setting.
  • Ship functional software quickly while learning and iterating on new ideas.

Benefits

  • Influence the culture, product, and technology as part of a founding team.
  • Ownership of your work that directly impacts actual users from day one.
  • Competitive compensation and equity rewards as the company grows.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge AI automation solving real-world problems.
  • Collaboration in a hybrid model focusing on in-person teamwork in San Francisco.
Full Job Description
Founding Engineer - Baton AI

Location: San Francisco, CA (In-Person)

Experience Level: 3+ years (Full-Stack Engineering)

About Baton AI

Baton AI (getbaton.ai) is building the enterprise automation platform for cross-application workflows. We're starting by helping solutions engineering and implementation teams automate customer onboarding and product setup - enabling them to deliver value faster and at scale. This is just our first wedge toward a broader vision of enterprise-wide, AI-powered automation.

We're VC-backed and growing fast. Looking for ambitious builders who move fast, take ownership, and want to help define the future of AI automation.

What You'll Do
  • Own core systems - Design and build key parts of our full-stack web application, API infrastructure, and AI-driven automation platform.
  • Work on cutting-edge tech - Work on complex technical challenges involving AI agents, prompt engineering, eval, monitoring, API, and browser automation.
  • Shape the product - Collaborate with early customers and the founding team to define our technical roadmap and deliver features that create real impact.
  • Move fast, learn fast - Prototype, experiment, and ship quickly in a high-trust, low-bureaucracy environment.


What We're Looking For
  • 3+ years of full-stack engineering experience and love working with React and Typescript.
  • Proficiency in modern web application development - React/NextJS and Node.js. Understanding of Python and Elixir/functional programming is a plus.
  • Experience building rich-text editors (think Notion) or excited to take on that challenge.
  • Experience (or strong interest) in building AI/LLM-powered apps and workflow automation tools.
  • A product-minded engineer who cares about clean code and great UX.
  • Problem-solver who thrives on breaking down ambiguity and delivering fast.
  • Excited to work in person with us in San Francisco.


Why Join Us?
  • Founding team impact - Help define our culture, product, and technology from the ground up.
  • Customer-first ownership - See your work used and loved by real users from day one.
  • Competitive pay & early equity - Be rewarded for the value you create as we grow.
  • Work on real AI automation - Build a platform that solves meaningful problems with cutting-edge AI and automation.
  • In-person (hybrid) collaboration - We believe the best teams build faster together. We work in person in San Francisco.

Ready to build the future with us? Let's talk.

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