Hi, I’m Ilya, I like computers 🥲
That’s the short version. The slightly longer one: I’ve been pulling apart Linux internals and computer networks since I was a teenager, and somewhere along the way it turned into a career — software, HPC, hardware, ML/AI, with a long detour through fintech at Yandex.
Now I’m CTO and co-founder of iProxy.online. We build enterprise mobile proxy infrastructure for web data, which is a fancy way of saying we run a lot of phones in a lot of places — 100+ countries, 600+ mobile carriers, last I checked. It started as a pet project. I kept doing the parts that felt fun (hiring great people, designing infrastructure, sweating developer experience, market research, project-managing the mess), and the rest, my co-founders and our small team handled with grace. None of this would exist without them.
On the side, I run Sintonia Strategy & Technology — a loose circle of hackers and MBA-trained strategists, mostly friends and former colleagues, who occasionally team up when something interesting shows up. No headcount, no roadmap — just good people doing good work together, mostly for the fun of it. A longer-horizon project, and the kind of work I want to still be doing in ten years.
I have a half-superstitious theory about work: chase the fun problem, not the money. In my experience, money tends to show up afterwards, slightly surprised to find you there.
I live in Portugal. I’m an engineer, an entrepreneur, and — I hope — a decent builder.
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