Available for product work and engineering roles

I build websites, bots, apps and AI workflows that move ideas into production.

AI-native product builder helping founders, teams and businesses launch polished digital products — landing pages, MVPs, Telegram bots, automations and internal tools.

AI Product Engineer / Full-stack Builder — early-stage products, bots, automations, AI-assisted MVPs.

  • 10+ years leading teams
  • Startup & investment experience
  • 160k+ media audience built
  • Croatia · remote-friendly
Web developmentTelegram botsAI automationMVPsInternal toolsProduct UX
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01 / Selected work

Real builds shipped to real users.

Featured projects across media products, FinTech prototypes, AI agents, B2B websites, consumer mobile UX and experimental social. Each one was scoped, built, and shipped — not mocked up.

Antigram App primary screen
Telegram mini-app
01

Antigram App

A Telegram mini-app and broader product surface for Antigram, including profile, camera, film-inspired visuals, and social/media mechanics.

Telegram mini-appNative app directionWeb appMedia product+1
Built around an existing 160k+ audience, turning a media/photo project into a more interactive product experience.
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NeuroWallet primary screen
FinTech prototype
02

NeuroWallet

A FinTech demo product with wallet dashboard, virtual card, asset overview, AI insight card, and Telegram/web-app style mobile UX.

FinTechMobile web appTelegram mini-appAI assistant+1
A stronger product prototype than a simple bot: mobile wallet interface, card flow, navigation, and AI assistant layer.
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Event AI Agent
@bot · online
Telegram
/start
Hi — tell me what you need and I'll route it for you.
New requestStatusPricingTalk to a human
Telegram API · Supabase · Railway
Telegram bot
03

Event AI Agent

An AI Telegram agent for event-related requests and planning workflows.

TelegramAI APIAgentsAutomation
Working AI assistant handling real planning flows.
TT Production Event Planner
Telegram bot
04

TT Production Event Planner

A mobile-first event assistant for selecting sound, light, equipment, venues, and technical setup for events.

Telegram botEvent techGuided flowEquipment selection+1
Turns vague event requests into a guided selection flow before a human manager gets involved.
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http://itdepart.ru/
ITDepart
B2B website
05

ITDepart

A B2B website for IT outsourcing services, structured around practical support packages and lead conversion.

WebLead captureB2B IAService design
Clear B2B presentation. Practical lead-conversion structure.
LoopFlip — AI-only social
AI prototype
06

LoopFlip — AI-only social

A beta prototype exploring what an AI-only social network could feel like.

ReactNetlifyAI mediaProduct concept
Live beta exploring AI-native social mechanics.
Beauty Review App
Consumer app
07

Beauty Review App

A mobile-first review platform concept for cosmetics, user profiles, honest reviews, ratings, and community-style product discovery.

Consumer appReviewsMobile UXCommunity+1
Shows ability to design consumer-facing mobile product UX beyond B2B tools and bots.
Cranberries Marketplace
Marketplace
08

Cranberries Marketplace

A multilingual marketplace prototype for the Balkan region — product catalog, favorites, cart, and profile flows on a mobile-first web app.

ReactNetlifyMarketplace UXMulti-language+1
Working multilingual marketplace prototype with the core shopping flows in place.
/projects/nauci-shopify/
Nauči — Shopify Course Platform
Shopify store
09

Nauči — Shopify Course Platform

A polished Shopify storefront for selling video courses, with Tevello-powered lessons and gated access after purchase.

ShopifyTevelloE-commerce UXCourse platform+1
A course-commerce prototype connecting a high-trust storefront with a practical paid-content delivery flow.
/projects/gamefoundry/
GameFoundry AI Marketplace
AI prototype
10

GameFoundry AI Marketplace

A creator marketplace and contest arena for playable AI-native games — discovery, curation, creator profiles, and a monthly game jam loop.

HTMLCSSJavaScriptAI product concept+1
A clickable prototype that turns a broad AI-games idea into a focused, testable marketplace loop.
02 / AI scan

Ask my portfolio.

A quick way to scan what I do. Pick a question — I'll answer with what's actually on this site.

ask-portfolio

Website / landing page

from €500

Positioning, responsive UI, copy structure and deployment.

Shopify store / course platform

from €900

Storefront structure, commerce UX, Shopify setup and course-access flow.

Telegram bot

from €600

Lead capture, guided flows, integrations and operator handoff.

Telegram Mini App

from €1,000

Mobile-first product surface inside Telegram.

AI automation

from €600

Agents, API connections, content and operational workflows.

MVP / web app

from €1,700

A focused working product with the core user flow.

Interactive / game

from €900

Browser-based interactive experiences scoped to the brief.

Pick a question to see the answer.
03 / Services

What I can build for you.

From a one-page site to a full bot/automation/MVP. Practical scope, fast delivery, polished result.

Websites & landing pages

Editorial, conversion-aware sites built fast. Clear structure, real copy, strong typography, deployed and editable.

Marketing sitesLanding pagesFounder/personal sites

Web apps & MVPs

First working version of a product idea — scoped tightly, shipped quickly, ready for real users and iteration.

MVPsInternal appsPrototypes

Telegram bots

Bots that collect requests, qualify leads, guide users, and connect business processes to an interface people already use.

Lead botsOperator botsMini-apps

AI workflows & automations

Practical AI plumbing: agents, structured prompts, content pipelines, and the integrations that move work forward.

AI agentsContent automationAPI glue

Internal tools & dashboards

Clean interfaces over messy data. Operator screens, admin panels, ops dashboards that earn their keep daily.

Admin panelsOps dashboardsCRMs

Product UX & rapid prototyping

Shape rough ideas into focused product flows. Decide what to build, what to cut, and how it should feel.

Flow designClickable prototypesBuild plans
04 / Pricing

EUR pricing documents for project work.

Indicative EUR pricing for websites, Telegram bots, Mini Apps, AI automations, MVPs and interactive projects. Final scope and budget are confirmed after a short brief.

Website / landing page

from €500

Positioning, responsive UI, copy structure and deployment.

Shopify store / course platform

from €900

Storefront structure, commerce UX, Shopify setup and course-access flow.

Telegram bot

from €600

Lead capture, guided flows, integrations and operator handoff.

Telegram Mini App

from €1,000

Mobile-first product surface inside Telegram.

AI automation

from €600

Agents, API connections, content and operational workflows.

MVP / web app

from €1,700

A focused working product with the core user flow.

Interactive / game

from €900

Browser-based interactive experiences scoped to the brief.

Prices are listed in EUR as project guidelines. Smaller tasks can start at an accessible entry level; complex builds are quoted separately.

Send a short brief
05 / How I work

A calm five-step loop. From rough idea to shipped product.

  1. 01

    Clarify

    Understand the goal, users, constraints, and what done actually looks like.

  2. 02

    Shape

    Turn rough requirements into a focused product flow and a real build plan.

  3. 03

    Build

    Implement the core experience with modern web tools and AI-assisted iteration.

  4. 04

    Polish

    Improve UX, responsiveness, edge cases, copy, and the small visual details.

  5. 05

    Ship

    Deploy, test, hand over, and plan the next iteration with you.

06 / Stack

Modern web, bots, AI, and the glue between them.

Comfortable across frontend, backend, bots, AI workflows and deployment — with an AI-assisted workflow that keeps things shipping.

AI-assisted building

LovableClaude CodeCodexGPTPrompted workflowsRapid prototyping

Frontend

ReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSLovableResponsive UIComponent systems

Backend & product logic

Node.jsAPIsDatabasesAuthIntegrationsSupabase

Bots & automation

Telegram botsWorkflow automationAI API integrationData collection flowsTelegram mini-apps

Product

MVP scopingUX flowsRapid prototypingDeploymentIterationHypothesis testingStartup launch experience

Tools & deployment

GitHubNetlifyRailwaySupabaseAPI integrationsAI-assisted developmentAI video production
07 / About

Builder. Operator. Product person.

Maksim Ilin

I like the part of software where an idea stops being abstract and becomes something people can actually use. My work sits between product thinking and engineering: I clarify the flow, design the interface, build the logic, connect the tools, and polish the details until it feels real.

Higher IT education with a product-management focus. 10+ years leading teams. Founder/operator experience launching startups from zero, attracting investment, and testing hypotheses. Recent experience in AI video production and audience products, including Antigram with 160,000+ combined social followers. Born in Moscow, based in Croatia, working with international tools and teams.

Based in
Croatia
Originally from
Moscow
Languages
EN · RU
Availability
Project work · roles
08 / For hiring managers

Also open to product-minded engineering roles.

  • Web / frontend development with strong product taste
  • Product engineering across web, bots, and AI surfaces
  • AI tools, agents, and practical automation
  • Early-stage startup environments, founder collaboration
  • Fast prototyping and cross-functional work with design + ops
09 / Contact

Have an idea, workflow or product you want to turn into something real?

Send me the rough version. I'll help shape it, build it, and ship a polished first version you can actually put in front of users.