Nikolay S.
LiveKit WebRTC SIP/VoIP Electron AI - SaaS & Video Software Architect
LiveKit, WebRTC, SIP/VoIP, Electron, AI, video, audio, real-time software development at scale. 600M+ AI call minutes a month (Nucleus). $10M+ ARR EdTech (BrainCert). Enterprise VMS surveillance for 50,000 users (VALT). 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗣𝗥𝗗 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 ~𝟱𝟬𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 - 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀. I'm the CEO of Fora Soft, and personally architect every project. You get an owner accountable for delivery and senior judgment from day one, not a junior learning WebRTC on your budget. ⚠️ DM or invite me - I respond within 2 hours. WHAT I'VE BUILT (selected): → SpeedSpace (LiveKit) - remote video production on LiveKit, WebRTC, and FFmpeg. Makes content for Netflix, HBO, and Electronic Arts. Shown at Paris Fashion Week. → Nucleus .com (SIP/VoIP) - WebRTC and SIP business phone system for the Canadian telecom Fibernetics. 600M+ call minutes a month, 5,000+ businesses, AI voice agents, SOC II, HIPAA. → FRP.live (Electron) - desktop and AI music platform. 720,000+ licensed tracks from Sony, Universal, and Virgin. Used by 12,000+ DJs. → VocalViews .com (WebRTC) - research platform with 1M+ participants, used by Samsung, McDonald's, Google, Netflix, TikTok, Adobe. → Tyxit .com (Electron, audio) - Electron desktop app for sub-30ms live music. Performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival. $1.3M raised, partnered with Karmine Corp. → VALT ipivs .com (Wowza, WebRTC) - video recording, streaming, surveillance SaaS platform. 770+ US organizations, 2,500 IP cameras, 50K+ users. From $1M revenue in the launch year to $9.7M now. 12 years’ partnership. → Live Eye (Electron) - AI retail surveillance. 10K+ locations, $5M+ fraud prevented. → BrainCert .com - the first HTML5 + WebRTC virtual classroom. 100K+ customers, 500M+ classroom mins. → Sprii - €365M+ in live commerce sales. 72K+ live events. → StreamLayer - interactive sports overlays, $14.1M raised. NBC, CBS, Red Bull, Chelsea FC. PROBLEMS I SOLVE (with proof from real projects): • When third-party SaaS gets too expensive at scale: replaced GoogleDocs, Zoom and Discord with a custom LiveKit platform, 2,000 students in one live class (Scholarly: 15,000+ users) • Sub-30ms latency for live music (Tyxit, Electron app: Montreux Jazz) • SIP/VoIP calling at scale: WebRTC-to-SIP bridges, FreeSWITCH, Telnyx (Nucleus, 5K+ businesses) • AI surveillance on Electron desktop apps: $5M+ fraud prevented across 10K+ locations (Live Eye) • AI voice agents processing 600M+ call min/mo (Nucleus) • Secure video conferencing at enterprise scale: up to 500 participants, AES-256 (iMind: used by PwC and national telecoms) • Computer vision: 99.5% face recognition, 500K+ plates/day (Mindbox .ai) • Live commerce at €365M+ sales (Sprii: 72K+ events, 3K+ brands) • Sports tech: Premier League (Vokalo), NBC/CBS/Red Bull (StreamLayer, $14.1M raised) SPEC-FIRST AGENTIC AI: I work spec-first, not vibe-first. As CEO and architect, I write the full spec and architecture before any code. Then my senior team drives AI agents against strict guardrails to build production-grade systems. You get AI speed with the stability of a senior team. TECH I WORK WITH DAILY: ◆ Real-time, video, and audio: WebRTC, LiveKit, MediaSoup, MOQ, Ant, Kurento, Janus, Jitsi, Agora, FFmpeg, GStreamer, Wowza, HLS/DASH, RTMP/RTSP ◆ VoIP and telecom: SIP, FreeSWITCH, Telnyx, Twilio, Vonage ◆ Backend: Node.js, NestJS, Python, Go, PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis ◆ Frontend and desktop: Electron, React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript ◆ AI/ML: OpenAI API, Whisper, Deepgram, Speechmatics, Amazon Polly, TensorFlow, PyTorch, OpenCV ◆ Mobile: React Native, Flutter, Swift, Kotlin ◆ Infra: AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD WHO I HELP: • Startups building their first video MVP • Scale-ups hitting WebRTC performance walls • Enterprises needing HIPAA/SOC2 video HOW I WORK: 1. 30-min call – assess your project honestly (including if we're NOT the right fit) 2. Written architecture + estimate within 24 hours 3. Dedicated team assigned within 1 week 4. I stay involved throughout – architecture reviews, tech decisions, escalations WAYS TO ENGAGE: build from scratch, drop in on the hard WebRTC/LiveKit/SIP/Electron modules, or rescue a stalled build. WHY FORA SOFT: 100% JSS, $10M+ earned, 925 jobs, 403K+ hours, 400+ clients across 17+ countries, 20 years in video, audio, and real-time software, Top WebRTC Developer 2022 and Top Telecom Developer 2024, 1 of 400 developers passes our internal selection. CLIENT FEEDBACK: "We've been working together for 10 years and continue. Fora Soft planned and built our entire video SaaS from scratch across web, iOS and Android." - Dustin, CTO @ VALT (50k users, 770 organizations, 2,500 IP cameras) ⚠️ Press Invite or message me. I'll send back a PRD, architecture, and an estimate within 24 hours.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $22k
Billed in all: $4,442,830$4.44M
$3.6k in the last 6 months
Across 7 contracts
Across 147 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 3% in Web Development
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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