Founding Engineer – Baton AI

Pear VC • Austin, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Baton AI ( getbaton.ai ) is building the enterprise automation platform for cross-application workflows. We’re starting by helping solutions engineering and implementation teams 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 VC-backed and growing fast. Looking for ambitious builders who move fast, take ownership, and want to help define the future of AI automation.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees