Founded in 2019, Cake Group is a leading decentralised finance services provider and Southeast Asia’s fastest growing fintech platform. "We Do Crypto. You Do You." - Our vision is to become a one-stop platform for all crypto users to get easy access to DeFi and Web3 services. To date, more than 1 million users from over 190 countries trust us to manage over $1 billion in assets. We are a profitable, cashflow positive private rocket ship that's just getting ready for take-off. Join us.

 

About Birthday Research- Blockchain R&D wing of Cake DeFi

Birthday Research (BDR) is the Blockchain Research and Development wing of Cake DeFi, a Singapore-based blockchain, and fintech company. Fuelled by the best minds in the industry, BDR seeks to develop best-in-class blockchain innovations with the mission of enabling the next bound of Web3.

As a pioneering force, our work spans cryptographic research, deep blockchain consensus development, and smart contracts development — with a laser-sharp focus on driving the industry frontier while tackling the most demanding DeFi challenges of today. To date, one of our core contributions, DeFiChain, has garnered over 1 billion USD in total value locked on the layer-1 protocol.

We are a fast-growing, globally distributed, close-knit team of multi-disciplinary doers and getters. Join Birthday Research today to be a part of the driving force shaping the future of decentralization.

What you’ll do:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and product teams to design and develop blockchain modules.
  • Take an active responsibility in designing and developing highly scalable blockchain modules for our scaling needs.
  • Write highly performant clean, simple, maintainable codes and battle-tested with test-driven development (TDD) for maximum test coverage automated from pull request all the way to release.
  • Taking on the polyglot hat and deep-diving into multiple codebases (Rust/C++/JS) to contribute and understand how things work under the hood.
  • Engineering low-level performant blockchain modules such as peer networking, ledger indexes, consensus protocol, and wallet systems.

What you’ll need:

  • Experience working in a fast pace tech-driven startup as a Software Engineer with at least 2 years of experience or in a similar capacity.
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript with experience working in Web, Node, or Mobile technologies.
  • Ability to take full ownership and work independently while collaborating with others in a fast-paced agile and async team.
  • A collaborative and resourceful individual with excellent communication skills able to make radical decisions while being empathetic and respectful.
  • Willingness to pick up new and emerging bleeding edge blockchain technologies.
  • A deep technical understanding of blockchain technologies, cryptography, BIPs, DeFi, UTXO, EVM, or Nakamoto Consensus is highly preferred.

Why work with Cake:

  • Do something with purpose; Be a part of the future that will shape on how people are dealing with their finances in Crypto and Blockchain
  • Fast moving, challenging and unique business problems
  • International, diverse work environment and flat hierarchy
  • Great career development opportunities in a growing company
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible working hours, unlimited discretionary leave, casual work attire

We want to transform and decentralise finance with tomorrow’s technology. This is where you come in. Join a company that is at the forefront of bleeding-edge innovations in blockchain and DeFi. You will be empowered to push boundaries and think out of the box. You will get to work with a bunch of ridiculously motivated and talented people. And most importantly, you'll have fun. The best places to work at, are often also the most fun to work at. That's us.

We hire based on merit, fit, and strong alignment to our culture. Our culture is defined by 7 team principles: Integrity, Resourcefulness, Ownership, Meritocratic Decision-making, Customer Obsession, Radical Candour, and Passion. These 7 principles guide our company, our people, and our work. At Cake Group, our culture is our pride. It has been instrumental to our success, so we are steadfast in our commitment to it. We welcome you to add to it.

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