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Arthur Romanov

I build cinematic, AI-native software — artist and engineer.

MiamiNew YorkSt. PetersburgShenzhen
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Software should feel inevitable and alive.

Twenty-two years designing and building applications with the craft of a film and the rigor of an engineering team — real-time light and motion, AI woven into the workflow, design systems modular enough to compose into whole ecosystems. I run LIQ.studio and Romanov Solutions, senior-only and hands-on, and I ship in production — not just in demos. If it's realistic, I've probably built it, or prototyped it overnight.

What I do
Application Design & DevelopmentSolution ArchitectureUX / UI DesignAutomationBusiness AnalysisI/O Psychology
Selected work — tap any card for the case study
Track record
22years in production
Top 1%Upwork Expert-Vetted
5.0rating · 24 projects
1,387hours delivered
$250/hrsenior · flat-scoped
Career
NowLIQ.studio · Romanov Solutions · AlphAgentic — FounderCinematic, AI-native software — products running in production.
2017INSZoom / Mitratech — BA · PM · UX Lead → Senior Implementation & IntegrationEnterprise & big-law clients: EY, Honigman, GE FieldCore, AgreeYa, PwC.
2016Hewlett-Packard — Business AnalystThomson Reuters “Aumentum” integrated property-tax system.
2006–16City of New York · Parks & Recreation — Fiscal Systems Developer / IT PMOperational & capital budgets $15M–$100M; automation that replaced manual reporting across the boroughs.
Delivered for
City of New YorkHewlett-PackardMerckGeneral ElectricIBMEYPwCPODSTriNetCernerSamsungCounty of San Diego
Recognition

Honored by Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio for public service to the City of New York — bilingual EN / RU, perfect 10/10 on the written & verbal examinations. Upwork Expert-Vetted, the top 1% of talent.

“Arthur pulled a mountain-load of functional requirements out of our client for a very large custom intranet application, and organized it all into a single planned experience.”

— Enterprise client · Solutions Architect engagement · 5.0★
Approach
Cinematic-firstWebGL2 / GLSL stages, liquid-light borders, motion with intent — depth over decoration.
Token-driven systemsOne palette drives everything; themes swap without touching pages.
Resilient by principleGraceful degradation everywhere — a down or unpaid API never breaks a page.
Modular & packageableEffects, blocks and tools built to be lifted between products.
Agent-nativeAI in the workflow — build, concierge, guidance — not bolted on.
Capabilities
DesignProduct & UX/UI · design systems · branding & identity · motion / interaction
EngineeringWebGL2 / GLSL · vanilla JS · PHP · MySQL · 3D/Three.js · APIs & integrations
AI & automationAgent workflows · OpenAI & Anthropic · pipelines · process automation
StrategySolution architecture · business analysis · project management · SEO
EducationBBA, Finance & Investments · minor, I/O Psychology
Beyond the work

I build for people and community — that isn't a tagline, it's the whole point. At sixteen, working two jobs and living on my own, I started sponsoring a child in Africa through Children International. I never stopped believing that lifting one person lifts a room.

I studied I/O psychology — how people and organizations actually change — which is exactly why the next thing I'm building is about identity: helping people find who they are, decide who they want to become, and get there. I'm rebuilding, in the open, on purpose — this road should be memorable, so I'm leading it by living example. More of the story soon.

The maker, candidly

The good: a relentless shipper — ideas become deployed software in hours. Visionary and fearless about scope; an exacting eye that won't let something ugly ship; generous by default — the good tools are free, no spam, no upsell.

The rough edges: I work to exhaustion and build at 3am; I run many big things in parallel, so focus can scatter; I'm a perfectionist who'll call my own work "garbage" and rebuild it; scope tends to grow mid-flight. It's founder-intensity — and it's honest.

Let's build something

Available for the ambitious.

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