Available for new projects
Senior full-stack engineer with 20 years of shipping production software. Laravel, Next.js and AI agents, with one experienced engineer instead of an agency.
Overlap with US hours: 9am–1pm ET, replies within 24 hours
Andrew Dorokhov
Senior Full-Stack Engineer · Kyiv, Ukraine
Trusted by startups and established businesses
Services
Four ways I help founders and product teams, from first commit to long-term support.
“Your product idea is stuck in a backlog”
From zero to a paying-customer-ready product: the boring, critical parts done right the first time.
“Competitors are shipping AI features and you aren't”
Practical AI inside your existing product: features your users actually use, not demos.
“Your legacy app is slow, fragile and nobody wants to touch it”
I take over existing PHP, Laravel, Yii and WordPress codebases, stabilize them and move them forward without a risky rewrite.
“Your team wastes hours on manual work between tools”
Connect your systems and let software do the repetitive work.
Need a senior engineer on your team for the long run? Ask about a fractional tech lead retainer.
Case studies
A few projects I can talk about. Many more are under NDA.
Automotive retail · Auto parts price comparison service
1M+ parts searchable in chat
Buyers send a part number and get offers from several stores with price, stock, phone and address, without leaving Telegram.
Content marketing / SEO · SEO content team
13-field briefs reduced to 1–2 inputs
An internal web app over the iWriter API: brief templates with variables, order statuses for every site in one place, and approval without leaving the app.
Testimonials
“Andrew took over a Laravel codebase three agencies had given up on. Within two months page loads dropped from 6 seconds to under one, and we finally shipped features again.”
“He built our MVP in eight weeks: auth, teams, Stripe billing, the works. We onboarded our first paying customers the week after launch.”
“The AI search he added on top of our docs is now the most used feature in the product. He explained every trade-off in plain English.”
“Rare combination: senior-level architecture thinking and the discipline to ship small, tested increments every week.”
“Communication was better than with our in-house team. Clear estimates, daily async updates and zero surprises on the invoice.”
“We've worked with Andrew for four years now. He's effectively our fractional tech lead and the first person we call.”
How I work
No surprises: you always know what is being built, when it ships and what it costs.
A few sentences about your product, goals and constraints. I reply within 24 hours with questions or a clear next step, even if we don't work together.
A written scope, timeline and fixed price or budget range within 2–3 business days.
Weekly demos, a shared board and async updates. Production-ready code with tests and documentation.
Deployment, monitoring and handoff, or I stay on as your technical partner. Most clients do.
Low-risk first step
Not sure whether to fix, refactor or rewrite? In one week I review your codebase, infrastructure and performance, and deliver a prioritized action plan your team can execute, with or without me.
FAQ
I overlap with US business hours every weekday (9am–1pm ET) for calls and quick decisions, and reply to messages within 24 hours. Async updates mean you wake up to progress.
Fixed price for well-defined scopes, a monthly retainer for ongoing work, or hourly for open-ended tasks. You get an estimate before any work starts.
We can work through Upwork with its escrow protection, or directly with a contract and invoices paid via Stripe or bank transfer.
You do. All code, designs and IP created for your project are yours, and I'm happy to sign an NDA before we talk details.
Yes. Taking over and improving existing codebases is a large part of my work, and I regularly collaborate with in-house developers, designers and product managers.
Start with a code & architecture audit, or just send a short brief describing the problem. I'll help you figure out the smallest valuable next step.
Send a short brief and get an estimate within 24 hours, no sales pitch. You'll get honest advice even if we don't end up working together.