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 5Nastassia Ponomarenko (opens in a new tab) reviewed on Upwork (opens in a new tab)
"A few months back, we were having major problems with the code that was implemented by our first back-end developer. … Anton helped us out and solved all of the problems we had."
Rated 5.0 out of 5Michael Distel (opens in a new tab) reviewed on Upwork (opens in a new tab)
"Anton has helped our company build a world-class application, not only with his master class programming skills but also helping us find other amazing developers to join our team. … I highly recommend him and he is worth every cent."
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. From outside the US: SWIFT, SEPA (EUR), Wise, Revolut or a Singapore account. 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.