What Initflow was: A custom development agency in Saint Petersburg building web products for external clients — corporate platforms, internal tools, e-commerce solutions, and everything in between. The work was diverse, fast-paced, and client-facing.

My role: Front-end engineer — a strong executor who shipped reliably and fast. Worked directly with clients and stakeholders — translating business needs into working products. This was my first real experience bridging the gap between technical implementation and business communication.

A note on the portfolio: Much of the work from this period was done for clients under NDA or has since gone offline. Some older results can be retrieved if needed — but the real takeaway is the foundation: this is where I learned to ship fast, communicate with non-technical people, and take ownership of a product from start to finish.

Initflow is where I built my engineering foundation. The agency model forced me to learn fast, adapt to different domains, and deliver under real deadlines with real clients. The habits I formed here — ownership, pragmatism, clear communication — carried directly into every role that followed.