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.

CRM TradePortal — Trade Portal with Electronic Signature

CRM TradePortal — Trade Portal with Electronic Signature

2018
PHPLaravel

A large wholesale company needed a proper system for their managers and clients. Not just a CRM — a full trade portal where clients could log in using an electronic digital signature, place orders, track deliveries, and chat with their manager. I built the whole thing from scratch.

Orders list
Orders list

What's inside

The portal has two sides. Managers see the full CRM: orders, clients, employees, reports, settings. They can track every order from creation to delivery, see the complete history, and chat with clients in real time.

Employees management
Employees management

Live chat with clients
Live chat with clients

Clients get their own interface too. They log in with an electronic signature (EDS) — no passwords, just plug in the token and you're in. They see their orders, statuses, invoices, and can message their manager directly. The client card stores everything: company details, INN, OGRN, contact info, order history.

Client card with order history
Client card with order history

Each order has its own tracking timeline — when it was created, when the invoice was sent, when the client paid, when it ships. The manager and client both see the same timeline, so there's zero confusion about what's happening.

Order details with tracking
Order details with tracking

We also built a Telegram bot that mirrored the key features: managers could authorize through the bot, clients could track their orders, and everyone got instant notifications. Pretty handy for a 2018 project.

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!