Michael Zaikin

Michael Zaikin is an experienced exploration engineer at StarkWare since August 2024, focusing on innovative solutions within Starknet. As an advisor and technical lead at Baking Bad since January 2019, Michael has driven the company's expansion in the blockchain space, facilitated fundraising, scaled development teams, and founded the DipDup framework. Previous roles include senior software engineer at trilitech, where contributions involved R&D for an EVM rollup on Tezos, and full stack engineer at a stealth mode startup, developing a crypto portfolio management platform. Earlier experience at Yandex involved optimizing software processes that enhanced distribution and conversion rates. Michael holds a Master's degree in Cyber Security & Cryptography from Bauman Moscow State Technical University.