Design + Engineering + AI

Senior design, engineering and AI in one studio. Ex-Head of Design at Diagnocat, 1000+ clinics.

What we do

Design that speaks.
Delivery that converts.

UX research
& audit
Product
design
Design
systems
AI-feature
UX
Landing pages
& sites
Brand
& logo
Mobile
apps
Web apps
& dashboards
MVP, full-stack
build
Ongoing
partnership

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

A designer who
thinks in products.
An engineer who
starts with users.

The studio works at the intersection of product strategy, interface design and shipping code. One person + AI co-workers, doing what previously needed a team of four.

Built for products that are complex, data-heavy or AI-driven — where clarity matters as much as innovation.

60+Projects shipped
500M+Users reached
1000+Clinics on Diagnocat
4Weeks to a live MVP
Featured Work

Case Studies

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What clients say

60+Projects delivered
500M+Users reached
5Countries
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
Diagnocat · 1000+ clinics
“Aleksey's contribution was instrumental in elevating our brand and product presence to a new international level.”
LLanBo, CEO
1440 LLC · China
Packages & Pricing

Clear scope.
Honest pricing.

02 — Bigger scope
Full Build
from $10k
⟶ from 6 weeks · fixed scope per quote
What's included
For products that don't fit the 4-week format: complex flows, multi-platform, AI integrated across the system. Includes full design system, all Figma files, and 30-day post-ship support.
  • Discovery + competitive audit
    5-7 reference products mapped, scope locked
  • 25-40 hi-fi screens
    All flows, all states, all platforms
  • Full design system + tokens
    Light/dark, components, docs in Notion
  • Working code shipped
    Frontend + backend + AI integrations
  • + 30-day post-ship support
    Bug fixes, small tweaks, onboarding answers — included
03 — Ongoing
Monthly Partner
$3,000 /mo
⟶ 60 hrs/month · 3-month minimum · billed monthly
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

Estimate your product in 30 seconds.

Pick services, watch it assemble in 3D and get a parallel timeline in weeks plus the package that fits. Share the link with your team.

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Contact

Got a product
to ship?

30-min screening call. I'll scope your idea, talk timeline, and we'll decide together if it ships in 4 weeks. No pitch, no follow-up sequence.

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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
More

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
More

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.

Our Works

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

Create bold.
Deliver better.

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