Company details

HEADCOUNT

25-99

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.getcakewalk.io

About the company

Cakewalk builds an identity governance and access management product aimed at fast-moving companies juggling SaaS sprawl and “shadow AI”. The product pitch focuses on consolidating access data, automating joiner-mover-leaver workflows, and governing AI agents alongside human identities. Cakewalk markets an AI agent called “Agent Cake” for automating provisioning and access lifecycle tasks. Public announcements say Cakewalk raised a $7.5M seed round in April 2025.

Locations and presence

Public company profiles list London as headquarters, while investor and portfolio write-ups also describe Berlin roots and presence. Hiring and customer messaging is primarily Europe-oriented.

Palpable Score

43.3

/ 100

Cakewalk looks like a solid place to learn modern engineering habits, but the public hiring surface is thin for graduates right now. Missing basics like a live jobs board, published interview stages, and any pay bands makes it harder for early-career candidates to assess fit and fairness upfront.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

5.3

/ 20

The company has very limited visible “0–2 years” access right now, with no obvious public careers page listing active roles.
Cakewalk has previously advertised a Founding Sales Development Representative role, but that is a founder-first commercial hire rather than a repeatable grad entry route.
The company does not show internships, apprenticeships, or junior-titled roles as a consistent pattern, so entry-level access looks occasional.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

10.0

/ 20

The company does not publish a stage-by-stage interview process, task expectations, or timelines on the main website.
Cakewalk has used straightforward application instructions in at least one public job post (CV plus cover letter), which is simple but not very transparent about what happens next.
The company’s public materials are clear on product and operating principles, but they do not translate into candidate-facing commitments like feedback policy or time-bounded assessments.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company publishes an engineering philosophy that includes CI-backed testing, monitoring-first thinking, and frequent deployments with feature flags, which are strong day-to-day learning environments.
Cakewalk states a “zero known bugs” policy with quick fix windows, which tends to create good debugging habits and ownership for engineers early in their careers.
The company does not publicly describe onboarding, mentoring, buddy systems, or a 30-60-90 ramp, so support for true first-job hires is hard to verify.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

8.3

/ 20

The company does not publish salary ranges or equity guidance for roles, which caps pay fairness confidence for early-career candidates.
Cakewalk has public funding and growth messaging, but there is no consolidated benefits page (leave, healthcare, pension, learning budget) that a grad can compare against other offers.
The company’s past job posts do not consistently include compensation detail, making it harder to judge stability and market alignment.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

6.7

/ 20

The company does not publish early-career outcome proof like promotion stories, leveling expectations, or intern-to-full-time conversion.
Cakewalk has limited third-party employee outcome data that can be cleanly attributed to Cakewalk (getcakewalk.io) rather than similarly named companies, which limits confidence on retention and manager quality.
The company has public signals of a small, engineer-heavy team, but not enough longitudinal evidence to score repeatable early-career progression.