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.

Onkop — Task Management with Checkpoints

Onkop — Task Management with Checkpoints

2016
PHPLaravel

A service company that handles all sorts of jobs — area cleanup, window installation, goods delivery. The challenge: they needed to control quality at every step. So I built a system with "control points" — the worker can't move to the next stage until the manager explicitly approves it. No cutting corners.

New task form
New task form

How it works

The manager creates a task: client, address, type of work, assigned worker, and picks an "algorithm" — a predefined sequence of checkpoints. For window installation, it might be: arrive on site, photo of old window, photo of old window #2, video of new window, then request permission to proceed. Each checkpoint requires proof — a photo, a video, or a GPS location.

Checkpoints and change history
Checkpoints and change history

The worker gets the task in a Telegram bot. They see all the details: what to do, where, when, who the client is, who the manager is. They accept the task, change status to "working", and start going through the checkpoints one by one. Took a photo? Upload it. Need permission for the next stage? The manager gets a notification and can either approve or request a redo.

Task in Telegram bot
Task in Telegram bot

The system keeps a complete change history — every status change, every assignment, every approval is timestamped and logged. The manager sees the full picture at a glance: who did what, when, and whether the checkpoints were passed properly. No more "I was there, I swear" — there's photo proof with timestamps.

The sidebar has sections for tasks, messages, managers, workers, groups, and algorithms. The algorithms editor is where you define those checkpoint sequences — completely customizable per work type.

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.
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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!