Aleksandr Ivannikov
Premium engineer · technical co-founder
Summary
Premium engineer and technical co-founder with 13+ years of commercial experience. Currently lead with AI tooling and B2B SaaS architecture from Abu Dhabi, with 8+ years of deep Web3 expertise as the technical foundation. I partner directly with founders — no agency layer, no account managers — to architect, build, and secure modern digital products.
Experience
Founder & Lead Engineer
2025 – present
IVANNIKOV PRO TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS · Abu Dhabi, UAE
Solo engineer + AI. B2B SaaS architecture, AI tooling, automation. Operating under Abu Dhabi freelance license CN-5980378.
Founder & Lead Engineer
2022 – 2024
IVANNIKOV.PRO (Dubai) · Dubai, UAE
Three years of intense Web3 build-out. DEX forks, NFT mint dApps, governance tokens, on-chain trading infrastructure. 50+ projects across DeFi, NFT, GameFi.
Web3 Engineer (freelance)
2020 – 2022
Independent · Moscow, Russia
Pivot from full-stack to smart contracts. First DeFi protocols, NFT contracts, HFT trading bots. Foundation for the deep Web3 expertise that still anchors my work today.
Full-stack Engineer
2013 – 2020
Various clients · Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Seven years of JavaScript / React / Node.js / Postgres for clients across CIS and Europe. Where my anti-agency, ship-first voice formed.
Technical skills
AI
RAG · LLM agents · OpenAI SDK · Anthropic SDK · Evals · Prompt engineering
Languages
TypeScript · JavaScript · Solidity · Python · Bash
Frontend
Next.js 16 · React · React Native · Tailwind · Web3-React
Backend
Node.js · Fastify · Express v5 · tRPC · GraphQL
Data
MongoDB · PostgreSQL · Redis · The Graph
Web3
EVM smart contracts · Hardhat · Foundry · Ethers.js · OpenZeppelin