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# Staff Data Engineer ($400k - 500k salary) at Baton Corporation Ltd

- **Company:** Baton Corporation Ltd
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $400k–$500k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/batoncorporation/491eb00c-dbef-4d5e-bd49-e7e1e8dba772

## Job description

## WHO ARE WE

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 Data Engineer, you will play a critical role in building and scaling our real-time data infrastructure at the forefront of crypto and social finance. You'll work on high-throughput data pipelines, analytics systems, and storage solutions in an environment where speed, ownership, and innovation are paramount.

- Architect, build, and ship high-performance data solutions at speed, contributing directly to the growth of the world's largest crypto social network
- Work across the data stack, from streaming pipelines, data modelling, analytics databases, and real-time processing systems
- Rapidly prototype and iterate on new data features, balancing speed with quality in a fast-moving environment
- Solve complex technical challenges around data consistency, performance, and scale in a space where innovation and efficiency are the upmost priority
- Collaborate closely with a world-class team of engineers and product leaders to push boundaries and redefine what's possible
- Take full ownership of your work, from initial concept to production deployment and maintenance

## WHO YOU ARE

- You’re experienced building and scaling data platforms, with deep expertise in data engineering, distributed systems, and modern cloud infrastructure.
- You're fluent in SQL and Python, and have hands-on experience with technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, ClickHouse, BigQuery, Snowflake, or similar large-scale data ecosystems.
- You have designed and operated reliable batch and real-time data pipelines that process high volumes of data with a strong focus on quality, observability, and performance.
- You think like an engineer first—you care about building robust, maintainable systems rather than simply moving data from A to B.
- You have experience modeling complex datasets and enabling analytics, machine learning, or product teams through well-designed data platforms.
- You're comfortable making architectural decisions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability and technical excellence.
- You enjoy solving ambiguous, open-ended problems and can independently drive large technical initiatives from design through implementation.
- You naturally mentor other engineers through technical leadership, thoughtful code reviews, and raising engineering standards across the team.
- You communicate complex technical concepts clearly and collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and infrastructure teams.
- You're motivated by ownership, enjoy working in fast-moving environments, and thrive where you can have a direct impact on both product and engineering direction.

## PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with cryptocurrency and blockchain data
- Strong data visualisation skills (esp. Omni/Looker)
- Experience working with event tracking data
- Advanced knowledge of statistical methods and causal inference
- Experience building and maintaining data pipelines (esp. Dagster, DBT)
- Familiarity with Machine Learning methods and applications
- Experience in consumer tech products or fintech

## 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.

## About Baton Corporation Ltd

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Baton Corporation is the development company that builds and maintains pump.fun, the dominant memecoin launchpad on Solana, processing over $300M in daily trading volume.  
- **Entity Type**: Private (profit-generating, no disclosed funding rounds)  
- **Headquarters**: Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom  
- **Founded**: 20 March 2023  
- **Founders**: Alon Cohen (CEO), Noah Tweedale (CTO), Dylan Kerler (COO)  

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Blockchain infrastructure / cryptocurrency platforms  
- **Target customers**: B2C – creators and traders of memecoins on Solana; also serves as a platform for third-party token launches  
- **Mission or purpose**: To operate the dominant on-chain launchpad with extreme scale, speed, and data-driven product development  

## Products & Services
- **pump.fun** – A memecoin launchpad and trading platform on Solana. Allows users to create and trade tokens with low friction. Processes $300M+ daily volume and generated $500M+ profit in 2025.  
- **Blockchain platform development** – Baton develops and maintains blockchain platforms on behalf of third parties (as stated on their site).  

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed  
- **Key Metric**: $500M+ profit in 2025 (from pump.fun operations) with fewer than 100 employees  
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors disclosed; partners likely include Solana ecosystem projects and market makers  
- **Growth Signals**: 27 employees on LinkedIn (up 3.3% monthly) with 12 open positions; hires from Meta, Vyper (acquired by pump.fun), Whatnot, and other tech companies; expanding engineering team aggressively  

## Competitive Advantages
- **Dominant market position**: pump.fun is the leading memecoin launchpad on Solana by volume and profitability.  
- **Lean, high-velocity team**: Fewer than 100 people operate a platform generating hundreds of millions in profit, shipping to production daily.  
- **Technical moat**: Expertise in Solana programs, high-performance distributed systems, and recommendation systems at scale.  
- **Data-driven culture**: Systematic experimentation and the scientific method guide product decisions.  

## Strategic Focus
- Continue scaling pump.fun’s infrastructure to handle growing volume and user base.  
- Expand engineering team across backend, frontend, mobile, Solana, and reinforcement learning roles.  
- Maintain low bureaucracy and high ownership to keep shipping speed unmatched.  

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Extremely high ownership, end-to-end feature ownership, fast-paced, intense, and in-person (UK office). Not for everyone – long and unconventional hours expected.  
- **Remote/Hybrid policy**: Fully in-person; no remote option indicated.  
- **Compensation**: Competitive salaries ranging from $250K (Junior) to $1.5M (Senior Staff) per year.  
- **Engineering culture**: Data-driven, daily production deploys, low meetings, high impact. Work on bleeding-edge Solana and distributed systems problems.  
- **Notable perks**: Unmatched autonomy, exposure to systems operating at crypto scale, immediate real-world impact.  

## Sources
1. [batoncorporation.com](https://batoncorporation.com/)  
2. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/batoncorporation](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/batoncorporation)  
3. [LinkedIn – Baton Corporation](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/baton-corporation1)  
4. [Companies House – BATON CORPORATION LTD](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14743013)  
5. [Endole Insight – Baton Corporation Ltd](https://open.endole.co.uk/insight/company/14743013-baton-corporation-ltd)

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