We think about the product, not just the ticket
Flows, user experience, edge cases — we pay attention to the stuff that makes a feature actually work for people, not just pass review.
About the studio
A small engineering team led by Sergey Dikarev.
wilder.dev studio is where founders and product teams come when they need hands-on help with mobile apps, web platforms, backend systems, or AI-powered products. We started in mobile development and project management — that's still how we think about every project.
About the studio
Sergey Dikarev started wilder.dev studio to build things properly.
wilder.dev studio is led by Sergey Dikarev — a product engineer who came up through mobile development and project management and now works across iOS, Android, web, backend, and AI products. Most of the work lives in that messy zone between product decisions and actual code: architecture, new features, fixing what slows things down, and making sure the whole thing still makes sense six months from now.
Code that does not fight the next feature
Good architecture means the next thing you build lands cleanly instead of turning into a week of cleanup.
Senior engineers on real problems
The wilder.dev team is strongest on native apps, backend systems, operational software, and AI products where you need someone who has been through it before.
Relationships over one-off sprints
Our best projects run for months or years because the work keeps getting more useful, not harder to maintain.
Background
How we got here
The path wasn't a straight line — it went through native mobile apps, project management, custom software, IT consulting, and more recently AI products. Along the way, a lot of real things shipped.
Started in mobile and project management
Sergey started in mobile development and project management — that mix of building and shipping still shapes how the wilder.dev studio approaches every engagement.
Based in Italy, working with US and global teams
The studio is based in Abruzzo, Italy, with most clients in the US. Remote-first since day one, across plenty of time zones.
Engineering degree and early research
Sergey studied at Taganrog State University of Radio-Engineering and published early work on adaptive learning — the academic foundation before the product years.
A long list of shipped products
From early social and travel apps through Babylist, Hike, KidPass, Lytx, and more recent wilder.dev studio projects — a lot of real products, across a lot of categories.
How we work
No big process, just clear next steps
We're not here to run workshops or write decks. We look at the product, figure out what's slowing things down, and start fixing it — while features keep shipping.
We look at what you have
What is the product doing, where are things getting stuck, what is making development slower than it should be. Usually takes a couple of days to get a clear picture.
A plan small enough to actually start
We scope the first chunk of real work — something that moves the product forward and makes the codebase easier to work with, not a six-month roadmap.
Build, ship, keep going
The point is not just to push a release out. We want to leave things in a shape where the next release is easier too — for us or whoever picks it up next.
Trusted by product teams
Some of the products we've worked on
Consumer apps, contractor platforms, smart building systems, marketplaces, finance tools, AI products — the wilder.dev team has shipped across a lot of categories.
Selected work
A few projects that show the range
A few examples that show the kind of product and engineering problems the wilder.dev team tends to take on.
Alva — Backend and Risk Detection Engine
The Alva backend is where ingredient lists become risk assessments. Vector search matches chemicals, AI scores toxicity and exposure, and the system personalizes every result to the user's own health profile.
Alva — Product Risk Scanner for iOS
Alva turns a phone camera into a personal health analyst. Scan a barcode, get a science-backed risk breakdown tailored to your body, your conditions, and the chemicals that actually matter to you.
Builder Prime Mobile Platform
Builder Prime extends a contractor CRM into the field through native iOS and Android apps built for estimates, work orders, schedules, messages, invoices, payments, and offline-heavy jobsite workflows.
Start here
Choose the path that matches your product
Pick the area closest to what you're building — each page goes deeper into how we can help.
AI
AI product development
For teams building AI-assisted workflows, generation, scoring, moderation, or analysis into a product people actually need to trust.
Mobile
Mobile app development
For teams shipping iOS and Android products that need strong release discipline, offline support, smoother onboarding, or steadier product delivery.
Web + Backend
Web app and backend development
For SaaS, marketplace, internal, and operational products that need a clearer system underneath the interface before delivery gets more expensive.
Reviews
What product teams say after shipping together
Reviews from Workmax, Biomeme, Babylist, and Ruvio highlight dependable delivery, native mobile depth, thoughtful product input, and collaboration that lasts beyond a launch.
Russell Hanson
CTO at Workmax
Sergey has done a tremendous amount of work for our company over several years and is very dependable. He is very skilled in mobile native iOS development. He built a complete product for us from the ground up, added features to the product through several versions, and helped maintain the product through several versions. He really felt like he was just part of our engineering team and we treated him as such. I would not hesitate to hire him at all and most likely will hire him again in the near future on other projects.
Max Perelman
CEO at Biomeme
It was such a pleasure to work with Sergey and his team. He is on call 24*7 and adheres to every request we made in spite of us deviating from our original product spec. In addition to a strong technical skill set, Sergey also makes very good suggestions on the UI and UX front. I would rehire Sergey in a heartbeat and if things go right, I may just hire this guy full time.
Noah Solnick
Director of Software Engineering at Babylist
I worked with Sergey for over a year on a project to rebuild our iOS and Android apps. Sergey was excellent as an individual contributor as well as manager of two additional remote devs on the team. We released multiple features on a monthly basis with minimal challenges. Sergey was reliable, communicative, and a pleasure to work with.
Ruvio / Layzeer Scanner
Eduard Friesen
Ruvio and Layzeer Scanner
Working with Sergey felt like adding a real product partner to our team. Across both Ruvio and the Layzeer Scanner app, he helped turn complex finance and document workflows into mobile experiences that are dependable, clear, and genuinely pleasant to use. He moves quickly, communicates well, and stays thoughtful when scope changes or new ideas appear midstream. I would gladly work with him again on future products.
Need a steady partner?
Bring the product, the technical friction, and the next release into one conversation.
A short brief is enough to start. We'll figure out if there's a fit and what makes sense as a next step.