# Staff Frontend Engineer \($400k - $500k salary\) - Company: [Batoncorporation]() - Location: New York - Team: Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Salary: $400K – $500K - Posted: January 20, 2026 ## Job description # **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. ## Apply [Apply on Batoncorporation]() Canonical job page: