Pear Vc

Founding Engineer – Baton AI

1y ago
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Pear Vc

Founding Engineer – Baton AI

1y ago
USAMiddlereacttypescriptnode.jspythonnextjs

Founding Engineer building core systems and AI-powered automation platform with full-stack web application development focusing on React, Typescript, Node.js and Python.

Conditions

  • 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.

Other

  • Location: San Francisco, CA (In-Person)
  • Experience Level: 3+ years (Full-Stack Engineering)
  • Baton AI ( getbaton.ai ) is building the enterprise automation platform for cross-application workflows. We’re starting by helping solutions engineering and implementation teams at software companies 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 backed by tier-1 VCs and growing fast. Looking for ambitious builders who move fast, take ownership, and want to help define the future of AI automation.
  • 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.
  • 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 .