Staff Backend Engineer - Crypto
Role summary
Career Renew is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer with expertise in Crypto for a fully onsite role in NYC. The company operates the technology stack for a major memecoin launchpad with significant daily volume, requiring low-latency, high-throughput systems. The engineer will own critical backend systems, lead the design and implementation of distributed systems, set technical direction, and make architectural decisions balancing iteration speed with scalability and resilience. Responsibilities include driving multi-service initiatives, anticipating scaling risks, establishing standards for reliability and operational excellence, and mentoring engineers. The role demands deep expertise in Rust, Go, or TypeScript, strong distributed systems knowledge, and extensive database experience. Crypto experience is a plus. The environment is fast-paced and high-expectation.
Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Senior/Staff Backend Engineer - Crypto - this is a fully onsite role in NYC.
We are the development company that builds and operates the entire technology stack behind the largest memecoin launchpad in production today.
~$1B daily volume. Low latency, high throughput, constant load.
What You’ll Do
- Own the most critical and complex backend systems, directly writing and shipping production code across core services
- Lead the design and implementation of high-scale distributed systems that power real-time, high-throughput workloads
- Set technical direction for foundational backend architecture while remaining deeply involved in execution
- Make principled architectural decisions that balance iteration speed with long-term scalability, resilience, and maintainability
- Drive multi-service initiatives that cut across storage, compute, APIs, and blockchain infrastructure
- Anticipate scaling constraints and correctness risks before they surface, proactively designing durable solutions
- Establish patterns and standards for observability, reliability, performance tuning, and operational excellence
- Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, RFCs, and direct mentorship, influencing through technical depth and clarity of thinking
- Act as a technical anchor during high-pressure incidents, ensuring systems remain stable under load
- Improve internal developer velocity by evolving tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and service abstractions
Who You Are
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience, with multiple cycles of building, scaling, and operating distributed systems in production
- Proven track record of owning foundational backend architecture in high-growth or high-scale environments
- Deep expertise in Rust, Go, or TypeScript, with strong systems-level intuition
- Strong understanding of distributed systems design: consensus, failure modes, replication, consistency models, and performance tradeoffs
- Extensive experience with database design and data modelling, including complex tradeoffs around consistency, latency, and durability
- Comfortable owning ambiguous, cross-cutting problems that span multiple services and teams
- Recognized as a go-to technical authority by senior engineers and peers
- High-agency and execution-focused. You shape direction by building
- Crypto experience is a plus
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.
Compensation & Package
- $500K – $1.5M • $75K – $500K Equity • Offers Bonus