About Anton Shubin
I'm Anton. I've built software since 2010 and worked with clients directly since 2013. Today I build greenfield SaaS, solo or with a team of senior developers from my own pool, and cover full-stack, DevOps and architecture.
Senior Full-Stack Engineer & Tech Lead · What it costs
From office job to my own company
- 2010
I started as a software developer in an office job after university. I asked for more responsibility, got a team lead role, and learned fast how to lead a team.
- 2013
I went freelance and found clients from the US and the EU on Upwork. I could barely speak English on calls then, and learned on long daily calls with my first client. Clear, honest communication has shaped how I work ever since.
- Later
Asking for more responsibility kept working: I led teams and took the system architect role in many SaaS startups.
- Today
I'm co-founder and CEO of NeatSoft PTE LTD in Singapore, and clients can contract through it. I build SaaS for clients and my own open-source tools.
The longer story, from 2022: My journey from an office job to freelance to my startups
What working with me is like
Rated 5.0 out of 5Peter Visser (opens in a new tab) reviewed on Upwork (opens in a new tab)
"He helped us to hire a team and takes care of our every need. His most amazing attribute is how he looks after our money like it is his own."
Rated 5.0 out of 5Nastassia Ponomarenko (opens in a new tab) reviewed on Upwork (opens in a new tab)
"I've been working with Anton for 7+ months now, and he has been a remarkable tech lead for my first app. … Anton actually cares about the clients and company's best interest."
What I run myself
I run my own production environment on Fedora and Hetzner: Traefik, Docker Compose, PostgreSQL, Restic backups and Authelia single sign-on. How it's built and run. I also build open-source tools, among them the finance tracker Financy.
Outside work
Outside work I ride enduro, ski and scuba dive, and some of it ends up on my vlog channel (opens in a new tab). I've travelled to more than 25 countries across Asia and Europe, and I live in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Paying and contracting
Invoices are issued by NeatSoft PTE LTD, Singapore (UEN 202300222R), where I'm co-founder and CEO. You can pay by card through Stripe, by US bank transfer (ACH or Fedwire) or in crypto. Payment details
A small first milestone
We start with one or two weeks of work. If either of us wants to stop at the end of it, we stop — you keep everything built so far.
You own everything from day one
Code, accounts, servers and keys are in your name.