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.
