Hey, I'm Andrey Surzh — software engineer.

The era of solo developers has arrived. — Hire freelance full-stack developer, Go, React, AI-assisted MVP development, Cyprus

While agencies assemble 15-person teams and schedule their third alignment meeting — I've already shipped your MVP. Got an idea or a spec for a product? Send it over, let's talk.

Andrey Surzhikov

The world has changed.ClaudeClaude &CodexCodex write code now.So why hire an engineer?

01

Accountability

AI is a powerful, fast, but irresponsible workforce. I use AI as a tool, but I own everything it produces as if I wrote it myself. My responsibility is that the software works and does what your business needs.

02

Architecture Is Still Not an AI Task

Claude generates functions and modules brilliantly. But decisions about service boundaries, data structure, scaling, and future bottlenecks require a full understanding of the system. That context can't be passed in a prompt. Architecture remains an engineering task.

03

AI Does Exactly What You Ask

It'll write thousands of lines of code in minutes. But it amplifies the quality of the task you give it. Well-defined task → great system. Poorly defined task → a problem built at speed. An engineer is needed to point AI's power in the right direction.

04

Software Needs Maintenance and Evolution

A system has to survive months and years of change. New requirements, integrations, load, edge cases. Code needs to evolve without the system turning into chaos. An engineer builds it so it can grow — not get rewritten every six months.

Two Modes I Work In

Custom Software for Your Business

Web applications that solve your company's specific problem. Not Salesforce you'll spend six months configuring — a system that works exactly the way you need it to.

CRM for forensic expertise · Affiliate marketing tracking · Custom accounting systems

or

Technical Co-founder for Your Startup

I've launched startups — and some of them took off. I'll own the entire technical side: architecture, development, deployment, scaling.

Famed — medical clinic platform, ×4 monthly growth · Skladno.pro — storage unit booking · Splice.me — SaaS for telecom design

Projects I Can Show

Unfortunately, many great projects are hidden behind NDAs. But here are the ones I can talk about.

Cargo Transport CRM

Cargo Transport CRM

2017
PHPLaravelMySQL

After the Transgarant CRM took off, another transport company came knocking. They wanted a similar system but with a cleaner, simpler interface. Less clutter, fewer clicks, same core functionality.

Main view
Main view

What changed

The bones were similar — order management, driver assignments, fleet tracking — but the UX was rebuilt from the ground up. The first CRM had grown organically and accumulated some complexity. This time I had the luxury of designing the interface with hindsight.

Order list
Order list

Order details
Order details

Dispatchers got a streamlined workflow: create an order, pick a vehicle, assign a driver, done. The map view was simplified too — just the essentials, no information overload.

Map view
Map view

Under the hood

React on the frontend, Node.js on the backend. I reused some proven patterns from the Transgarant project but rewrote most of the UI components. The data model was adapted to this company's specific cargo types and pricing structure.

Vehicle management
Vehicle management

The whole thing was delivered faster than the first CRM — partly because I already understood the domain, partly because the scope was more focused. Sometimes the second version of something is just better because you know what to skip.

Reports
Reports

What Clients Say

“Andrey S. has been instrumental in the success of our "FaMed" project over 1.5 years. As a Systems Architect and Developer, his expertise, especially with the DICOM medical file fo...”

Dmitry R.

CEO of FaMed LLC

“Fantastic person and developer. High level of work quality. Always looking to add value. If he was still available we would definitely still be working together!”

SunMapper Client

Full stack help & support on SunMapper tool

“Absolutely amazing web developer! I've worked with dozens of web developers over the years, but Andrey is one of the most advanced and was able to handle an extremely complex proje...”

Personalized Videos Client

Automated marketing video generation

Upwork

Check out my Upwork profile — lots of reviews there

Andrey S.
Andrey S.
100%Job Success Score

Let's Talk

Have a project in mind? Reach out — I'll respond within a day.

Cyprus, PaphosIf you're in Cyprus too, we can meet in person!