4 weeks · fixed price · you own the code

Your AI works in the demo. I make experts trust it in production.

Ex–Head of Design at a leading dental AI startup, used daily in 1000+ clinics. I design and ship the screens where your users check, correct and act on AI output.

  • 1000+ clinics
  • 161-car fleet in one system
  • 22-day early warning
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Results

Shipped, used, measured.

Who this is for

Sound familiar?

01

Your AI demos well, but experts don't use it.

What I doRedesign the screens where experts check and correct AI output, so they trust it and keep using it.

02

Design gets lost between Figma and code.

What I doDesign and build it myself, so there is no handoff: what you approve is what ships.

03

You need a live product before your next raise or pilot.

What I doShip a live product in 4 weeks at a fixed price, with a build you can click every Friday.

How I work

Proof-First Build

Five steps, four weeks. After every step you hold something real.

  1. Days 1–31Map

    I interview 3–5 of your real users and map the expert workflow, including where the AI can be wrong.

    You getA 1-page scope with acceptance criteria, a fixed price and a date.

  2. Week 12Prove

    A clickable prototype in code, on real or sample data, at a live URL.

    You getA live prototype link you can show users and investors.

  3. Weeks 2–33Build

    The production build: AI integration plus the screens to review, override and explain its output.

    You getA live build every Friday, plus a short Loom of what changed.

  4. Week 44Verify

    Automated tests, an AI eval set on 50+ real cases and sessions with 3–5 target users.

    You getA verification report: what was tested, pass rates, known limits.

  5. Day 285Hand over

    Deploy, repository, docs and admin access, all handed to you.

    You getCode you own, running in production, plus 30 days of support.

Packages & Pricing

Clear scope.
Honest pricing.

01 — Start here
AI Trust Audit
$1,200
⟶ 5 working days · fixed price
What's included
Find why experts don't trust or use your AI. 10+ ranked fixes, and your key flow redesigned in code.
  • Day 1 · Kick-off
    One 45-min call and access to the product, nothing else needed from you
  • Days 1-3 · Expert workflow review
    Where users ignore, override or doubt the AI output, and why
  • Day 4 · 10+ ranked fixes
    Each fix with its impact and effort, most critical first
  • Day 5 · Key flow redesigned in code
    A working prototype of your most critical flow, not just a mock-up
03 — Ongoing
Ship Every Week
$3,000 /mo
⟶ at least one shipped improvement a week · 3-month minimum
What's included
Embedded design+engineering for continuous shipping. Like a senior hire — without the hire, the equity, the recruiter cost.
  • Weekly delivery cadence
    Sprints, demos, design + code
  • Slack + Notion + Linear integration
    Embedded in your team's tools
  • New features + AI surfaces
    Priority on roadmap items
  • Design system maintenance
    Tokens, components, docs kept current
  • Async-first
    Loom + written updates, no stand-up overhead
Cancellable after first 3 months · 14-day notice thereafter
Estimator

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What clients say

01 / 03
“Aleksey showed deep expertise in user-centered design, delivering innovative solutions that improved usability and aesthetics at massive scale.”
IIlya, Head of Design
Tango.me · 500M+ users
“As Head of Design, Aleksey led transformative work on branding, web app, mobile version, and design system. Our partnership powers ongoing growth.”
PPavel, Head of Product
Leading dental AI startup · 1000+ clinics
“Aleksey's contribution was instrumental in elevating our brand and product presence to a new international level.”
LLanBo, CEO
1440 LLC · China
Contact

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About

Aleksey Stepikin

Head of Design · AI products from research to production

I'm a product designer, frontend engineer and founder of Stepikin Studio. 9+ years across HealthTech, FinTech, Web3 and AI: I've led teams up to 10, designed products used by 500M+ people and launched a dozen products from scratch.

More about me

Today I run a solo + AI studio — I design and ship, from user research to deployed code, with AI agents as a workforce. My own products: Vigilo, a global risk monitor live across 239 countries, and Drakoty, an original creative IP with a playable web game. For clients I ship the same way — like EngiBoard, a 4-platform desktop SaaS delivered in four weeks. I don't add AI for the trend — I use it where it genuinely improves the product and the speed of shipping it.

Aleksey Stepikin
60+Projects
9+Years
500MUsers reached
5Countries
What I do

Three things. End to end.

01

Lead design teams

Head of Design at Diagnocat. Teams up to 10, design systems, research in 12 countries.

02

Design and ship AI products

From user research to deployed code — with AI agents as a workforce.

03

Build my own products

Vigilo, a risk monitor across 239 countries, and Drakoty, an IP with a playable game.

Career Path

9+ years, six chapters.

Jun 2025 — PresentNow

Stepikin Studio

Founder · AI Engineer & Product Designer

Empty repo → production in 4 weeks

AI-Augmented StudioSolo + AIFull-stackClaude CodeProduct Design
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Founder of Stepikin Studio — an AI-augmented product studio. Building AI-native products solo + AI workforce: design, frontend, AI integration, deploy. Currently shipping Engiboard (live SaaS for engineers) and concept work for FinTech and SaaS clients. Stack: Claude Code, Cursor, Next.js, Tauri, Supabase.

2022 — 20253 years

Diagnocat

Head of Design

3 AI products · mobile 8% → 35% · team of 2

HealthTechAIDesign SystemB2B SaaSTeam Lead
More

Developed 3 AI products from scratch and a scalable design system. Increased mobile traffic from 8% to 35%. Conducted 20+ interviews with dentists from 12 countries. Created 300+ screens with Light/Dark modes. Managed team of 2 designers.

2021 — 20229 months

Tango.me

Senior UX/UI Designer

500M+ user platform

StreamingSenior IC15-team500M Platform
More

Senior UX/UI Designer in a 15-designer team at Tango.me (500M+ user streaming platform). Designed 3 interactive streaming games and explored new product concepts under Head of Design Ilya.

2020 — 20211.5 years

Quantumsoft (Invitae)

Middle UX/UI Designer

Gamified onboarding

B2BHR TechGamification
More

B2B personnel management. Implemented gamification for onboarding. Group evaluation functionality. Interactive prototypes and User Flows.

2019 — 20201 year

1440 LLC

UX/UI Designer

Geo-social app for China

ChinaGeo-SocialMobile3D
More

Geo-social app for Chinese market. Geo-search visualization, 3D promo video. Cross-cultural UX optimization.

2013 — 20196 years

Freelance & Agency

UX/UI Designer

60+ projects

FreelanceWeb DesignBrandingMobile
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60+ projects as freelancer and agency designer. Websites, mobile apps, branding, landing pages for clients across industries.

Own Products & IP

What I build on my own

Read the story

Client work is half of what I do. The other half is building and running my own products — which is where I prove the solo + AI model on real users, real data, and real production constraints, not slides.

Vigilo (vigilo.cc) is a global risk monitor I designed and built solo. It aggregates 45 live sources across 239 countries into a transparent risk score — disease, conflict, natural disasters, civil unrest — with every signal traced back to its origin. The honest origin story: I tried to predict outbreaks with AI, failed twice, and published the failed experiments instead of hiding them. Live in production with billing, alerts and a Telegram bot.

Drakoty is an original creative IP I write and build — a dragon-world universe spanning a book, a lore bible, a playable web game and a free illustrated audiobook app in four languages (case study), all shipped solo with AI tooling. It's the project that shows range: the same solo + AI workflow that ships a data-heavy SaaS also ships an interactive narrative experience, end to end.

The same workflow goes to client work. EngiBoard — a native desktop SaaS for engineers (Tauri 2 + Next.js + Supabase, four platforms) — went from an empty repository to production in four weeks on a client contract, now on ongoing support: 44 releases, 98 commits. It's the clearest proof of how fast one person plus AI agents can ship genuine production software for a client.

Easter egg

One stack.
One design language.

Whatever the platform, the design language stays consistent, refined and built to perform: from Figma to production.

See our work
  • Figma
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • React.js
  • Vue.js
  • Node.js
  • Next.js
  • Tauri
  • Three.js
  • Notion

Our Works

Client products and our own. Design, AI engineering, full-stack builds.

Create bold.
Deliver better.

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