Daniel Cherman
Co-founder & CEO
Former tech lead at Nordicfeel, a Nordic online beauty retailer. Leads client work, delivery and our AI launches.
LinkedInBuilt by engineers, for engineers
A Swedish software and AI company with an engineering team in Ukraine, and a founder accountable for every project.
Smoother Development AB is a Swedish software and AI engineering company founded by Daniel Cherman and Vladyslav Sokolovskyi. Our engineering team works from Ukraine, a founder is accountable for every project, every team has a senior engineer responsible for quality, and our prices are published on this site.
Our story
Smoother Development AB is a Swedish software and AI engineering company founded by Daniel Cherman and Vladyslav Sokolovskyi. Daniel led engineering as tech lead at Nordicfeel, a Nordic online beauty retailer. Vladyslav holds a PhD in computer science and teaches as a senior lecturer.
We started the company because we had seen the same problems from both sides: clients talking to salespeople instead of engineers, teams staffed with whoever happened to be free, and budgets lost to vague scope. Our model is the opposite: a founder accountable for every project, a senior engineer responsible for every team, prices published up front and acceptance criteria agreed in writing.
Our engineering team works from Ukraine. The contract, the data processing agreement and the accountability sit with our Swedish company. Together we've delivered 50+ projects for 15+ clients across Europe, many under NDA, including CyberResilient, built with support from MSB and NCC-SE.
The founders
Vladyslav Sokolovskyi
Co-founder & CTO
PhD in computer science and senior lecturer. Leads architecture and our engineering team in Ukraine.
LinkedInWhat we stand for
Transparency
Prices on the website, the exact team composition in the proposal and regular written updates. You always know where the project stands.
Honest scope
If something won't fit the fixed price, we tell you in week one, not week six. Sometimes the honest answer is "don't build it".
Small on purpose
We take on a limited number of projects at a time so a founder can stay close to each one.
You own it
Code in your repository, infrastructure as code, documentation you can hand to another team. Many clients stay with us after launch; none are locked in.
Company facts
- Company
- Smoother Development AB
- Org. no.
- 559526-3350
- Registered in
- Sweden
- Founders
- Daniel Cherman (CEO), Vladyslav Sokolovskyi (CTO)
- Engineering team
- Ukraine
- Contact
- [email protected]
Ready to work with us?
Tell us about your project. You'll talk to a founder, not a salesperson.
Book a 30-minute callFrequently asked questions
Who is Smoother Development? +
Smoother Development AB is a Swedish software and AI engineering company. We put AI into production, build custom software and modernize existing systems for growing companies, mainly in the Nordics and the rest of Europe.
What makes Smoother Development different? +
A founder is accountable for every project, every team has a senior engineer responsible for quality, our prices are published, and the first sprint is covered by written acceptance criteria: if it misses them, you can stop and you don't pay for that sprint.
How experienced is your team? +
Our founders combine in-house engineering leadership (tech lead at Nordicfeel, a Nordic online beauty retailer) with academic depth (a PhD in computer science). Our engineers are mid-level and senior, and you see each person's level before they join your project. Together we've delivered 50+ projects for 15+ clients, many under NDA.
Do you work with clients outside Sweden? +
Yes. We work with companies across Europe. Contracts are under Swedish law, and data stays in EU regions by default.
Let's talk about what you want to build
Tell us briefly what you want to build, fix or put into production. You'll talk to a founder, not a salesperson.
Book a 30-minute call
Pick a time in Daniel's calendar. You'll get an invite with a video link, and we'll come prepared with questions about your goal.
Pick a time- 1 A founder reads your message and usually replies within one business day.
- 2 We agree a time for a 30-minute call to understand your goal, systems and constraints.
- 3 You get a written next step: a fixed-price proposal, a paid audit, or an honest "we're not the right fit".
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