Lift your ideas off the ground
I turn proof sketches into launched products. Architect the first scalable MVP, lead it to launch.
Work with me directlyvia Toptal — they handle contracts, you work with me
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From sketch to scaled product
First two stages — validate yourself with no-code. From stage 3, I architect the MVP that scales, and lead you to a revenue engine.
Spark
Manual experiment with 10 customers, Excel + messenger
Validate
No-code automation (Zapier + Bubble), 100 customers
Build
Custom MVP, own database, 1000 users
Scale
Production-grade platform, dedicated team, ARR tracking
Refine
Fully automated growth engine, self-onboarding, viral loops
Three ways to work together
All engagements run through Toptal — same hourly rate, same direct access to me.
Fractional CTO
20-40 hrs/week. Lead your engineering org, set the AI roadmap, hire your first team. 3-6 months.
Work with me on this →Embedded Engineer
Full-time on your most ambitious feature. Prototype, ship, hand off. 4-12 weeks.
Work with me on this →Advisory Sprint
5 days. I audit your stack, sketch the architecture, deliver a roadmap your team executes.
Work with me on this →Selected work
A few teams I helped launch.
Toptal — Conversion Engine
2016–2022Tech-led a family of high-traffic Toptal quiz funnels for six years — designed the engine, tests, and handoff documentation that let a 10-person team own it after I rotated off.
Tech Leadership • Engine Architecture • Handoff & Docs
FirmPilot — Legal Data Pipeline
2025–2026Nationwide legal data pipeline. Transformed US court opinions across all states and court levels into structured, LLM-ready knowledge.
AI • Data Engineering • LLM Infrastructure
Wedding Catalog — Novosibirsk
2013–2014Marketplace for wedding venues. Reached organic demand — venue owners called us to list their properties. Built filters, paid placements, full revenue model.
Marketplace • Product • Two-sided
Engineering since 2007. AI-native since 2021.
Toptal Top 3% engineer with 17+ years building products from sketch to scale. Worked with CERN (Python development for accelerator software), Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (graph-based config systems), Intel (invited lecturer), and BairesDev. Today I focus on AI-native systems — multi-agent architectures, LLM cost optimization, production observability.
Read full bio →Where I go deep
Three verticals, one engineer. Each backed by shipped projects.
AI-Native Engineering
I design multi-agent systems and LLM orchestration that turn unstructured input into production-ready knowledge. For FirmPilot, I built a nationwide pipeline transforming US court opinions across all states into structured, LLM-ready data. My own products run the same playbook — Majesti AI ships features end-to-end through Claude-driven development.
Innovation R&D Leadership
I lead small R&D teams toward business outcomes — not just code, but the first working version of something new. Founder-engineer at OneLiner (Heroku-style PaaS on Kubernetes), tech lead at FirmPilot. Intel's School of Leaders for Innovative IT Projects (NSU, Novosibirsk, 2009) trained me in this discipline early.
Tech ↔ Business Bridge
I translate between business stakeholders and engineers. Years embedded in management consulting (ASIA Consulting Group, OneBox — acquired by EY) taught me the language of executives: frameworks, diagnostics, board-ready output. Presidential Management Program added formal training in finance and organizational strategy. That bridge is rare in senior engineers and is where I'm sharpest.
From CERN to AI startups
Since 2007. Three eras. Accelerating velocity.
Science
2009–2014
CERN, Budker INP, Novosibirsk State University. Accelerator software, image processing, teaching the next generation of engineers.
Platform
2014–2022
Toptal Top 3%. Built lead-generation engines that drove millions in revenue. Scaled web platforms across industries.
AI-Native
2021–now
Multi-agent systems, LLM cost optimization, production AI infrastructure. From GPT release date to today's frontier.
Ready to lift your idea off the ground?
I take 1-2 new engagements per quarter. All through Toptal — they handle contracts, payments, and legal. You work directly with me.
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