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Disbursement Platform Development for Blockchain Nonprofit

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development

Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Duration

49 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 July 2022

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

75/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

San Francisco, United States of America

Project Summary

Cheesecake Labs built a disbursement platform for a blockchain nonprofit used to send humanitarian aid, working across front- and back-end engineering with Go, Python, Apache Kafka, and infrastructure tooling. The platform helped deliver over $2.2 million in assistance to Ukrainians and won awards for impact and Web3 usage. The vendor provided proactive, transparent engineering, regular communication via Slack and design docs, and integrated into the client's agile process.

Key Challenges

Build and deliver a disbursement platform to send aid to Ukrainians in partnership with the UN
Deliver major features on a very tight timeline to get aid to beneficiaries

Project Deliverables

Disbursement platform for humanitarian aid
Authorization module
Event management module
Backend and frontend engineering tasks
CI/CD and infrastructure automation

Project Solution

Cheesecake Labs built the nonprofit's disbursement platform used for global humanitarian aid and bulk payments. The engagement included pairing with the client's engineers, using provided technical resources to establish secure connections, and implementing modules such as authorization and event management. The project primarily uses Go and also involved infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD practices as well as Apache Kafka for eventing.

Project Outcome

Helped deliver over $2.2 million in assistance to beneficiaries
Saved development time and met tight delivery schedules
Platform received Best Impact Blockchain award (2023) and People's Choice Award for Web3 usage

Platforms

Blockchain
Web3

Tech Stack

Go
Python
Apache Kafka

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Thanks to Cheesecake Labs, the client has saved time in development, delivered over $2.2 million in assistance to Ukrainians, and won awards for their platform. The team is available, proactive, productive, and transparent. They communicate regularly via Slack, design docs, and stand-up meetings.”
Anonymous
Senior Engineering Manager
Date: 05/03/2024