Pear VC
AI & Machine LearningDirect Ashby career site

Founding Engineer - Baton AI

Location
San Francisco, CA · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Senior
Experience
3+ years
Listed
23 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Next.js

Also useful

  • Python
  • Elixir
  • rich-text editors
  • LLM application development

About the role

  • FOUNDING ENGINEER - BATON AI
  • Location: San Francisco, CA (In-Person)
  • Experience Level: 3+ years (Full-Stack Engineering)

What You’ll Do

  • 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.

What We’re Looking for

  • 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.

About Baton AI

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.

Why Join Us?

  • 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.

Ready to build the future with us? Let’s talk.

Read the original posting

From Pear VC's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 17, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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