Andrew Skurlatov

Independent CTO and technical due diligence for complex systems.

I have built systems like yours, from RPC at 140k+ RPS to a live card-programme chain, and I know which early decisions will cost you a year later.

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$01234567890123456789B+ locked in staking on infrastructure my department ran
$012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789M+ raised by the NFT projects I led
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789+ years in software
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789+ projects launched
Offers

What I take on.

For founders

A raise closed, a CTO gap, a launch or listing ahead.

Work

Architecture ownership, technical hiring, board and investor technical reporting, launch and listing readiness. Two days a week adds running the technical roadmap with the team.

Shape

The day, or two, is spread over the week as the work needs it. I do not count hours; I am there when it matters. Named artefacts every month, 30-day notice.

$8k to $12ka month, one day a weekTwo days a week, $14k to $20k a month.
For funds and acquirers

A term sheet, exclusivity, an announced acquisition.

Work

A two-page decision brief first, then the investment-committee memo, the evidence annex and the cost to remediate in engineer-weeks and money. Ten business days; a red-flag read in five.

Shape

Fixed fee, fixed date. Repositories, entities and questions agreed in writing before the start. Not a penetration test, not a formal audit.

From $10ka red-flag read, five daysStandard, ten business days, $20k to $35k. A regulated entity, $30k to $65k.
Before you commit

One decision that will be expensive to reverse: the chain, the custody model, the launch plan.

Work

One decision area: evidence review, the options, a written recommendation and a debrief with the people who have to live with it.

Shape

A fixed two-week sprint. Implementation is separate and walled.

$12k to $25ktwo weeks, one decision areaA single decision in three to four days, $4k to $8k.
How an engagement runs

From the first call to the debrief.

Step 1

First call

Thirty minutes to agree what needs doing and what it has to achieve.

Step 2

Written terms

A fixed fee, the named artefacts, the dates and the access I need before the start.

Step 3

The work

A retainer runs through the week; a review or a diligence runs inside its fixed dates.

Step 4

The deliverable

The month's artefacts, the brief and the memo, or the recommendation, and a debrief.

Systems

What I have built and led.

Card programme chains

I led the delivery, end to end, of an L2 chain that is live, with the application layer behind a non-custodial debit card programme, its indexer, oracles and account abstraction, built for MiCA alignment.

ConstraintA live card programme on an L2 chain, built for MiCA alignment.

Smart proxy system

I designed a smart proxy system, with a cache layer and rate limiting, that served 140k+ requests per second in production for a browser wallet and a DEX aggregator.

Constraint140k+ requests per second in production, 50 ms average latency on the heavy requests.

Staking infrastructure

I led the department that ran the infrastructure behind $1B+ locked in staking.

Constraint$1B+ locked, a point-in-time figure.

Shared ZK proving

I led a shared prover used across several ZK protocols and L2 ecosystems, with GPU and CPU autoscaling on spot capacity.

ConstraintSeveral ZK protocols, GPU and CPU autoscaling on spot capacity.

App kits for fintech

I designed and led the complete app-kit framework for fintech and digital transformation, and took the RWA, stablecoin and payments kits into client delivery.

ConstraintA framework of app kits; RWA, stablecoin and payments taken into client delivery.

AI network token launch

As fractional CTO I designed the infrastructure that carried a decentralised AI network through its token generation event and exchange listing.

ConstraintOne token launch, through to an exchange listing.

NFT launch platforms

With Uddug, which I co-founded, I built the platforms behind NFT launches that raised $100M+ in total: two collections raised $10M+ and $2M+ at launch, and an art platform carried a renowned painter’s series.

Constraint$100M+ raised in total; two launches at $10M+ and $2M+; no sales figure claimed for the platform itself.
Background

Fifteen years of building.

I co-founded Uddug and grew it to 15 people; Gateway.fm acquired it in 2024 and I ran two departments there. Along the way: a live card-programme chain, RPC at 140k+ requests per second, $1B+ in staking, a token launch through to its listing, and NFT projects that raised $100M+. In 2026 I started again: Felag, an engineering studio, and this practice.

2011First codeFirst websites, built while studying at Moscow State University.
2014Into blockchainA solar-powered mining farm, a Bitcoin faucet network and a micropayment system across BTC, LTC and DOGE.
2015PartnershipMy business partner and I merge our businesses: CRMs and web products, then a crypto ad network. We have worked together since.
2017ICEXA crypto exchange co-founded with my partner on a pre-seed round: about 70% built before the investor withdrew and we closed it.
2018UddugCo-founded with my partner and built to 15 people: client platforms, Web3 Foundation and Protocol Labs grants.
2020 to 2022NFT launchesLaunch platforms for artists and collections: $100M+ raised across the projects.
2021Gateway.fmJoined early; designed the RPC proxy at 140k+ RPS; Head of Backend.
2024Uddug acquiredGateway.fm acquires Uddug. I become VP of Platform and Yield, leading two departments, ~25 people.
2025DeepNodeFractional CTO for ten months, through its January 2026 token launch and exchange listing.
2026Felag and the practiceI decide to build again: a new studio with my partner, and independent work under my own name.
Contact

Book a call.

Tell me what needs doing. The first step is a 30-minute call.

One or two sentences are enough.

a.skurlatov@gmail.com