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Product person who builds. 10+ years in fintech and B2B. Currently shipping my own stuff with Claude Code and Cursor. Also a fine art photographer based in Chicago. github.com/kirillpolevoy kirillpolevoy.com

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Location: Chicago, Illinois, US Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Claude Code, Cursor, Vercel, Supabase, Expo, SQL

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirill-polevoy/

Email: kpolevoy [at-symbol] gmail [dot] com

GitHub: https://github.com/kirillpolevoy

10+ years as product leader across B2C/B2B Fintech,insurtech, corp travel (early stage and growth companies). Looking for fractional/contract work. Good at going from "we have a problem" to actually fixing it — strategy and execution:

- Took over billing ($80M/mo volume), found scale-blocking gaps, shipped the redesign

- Built multiple product verticals ground up resulting in 50%+ customer retention

- Mobile app from idea to 45k DAU

Also build my own stuff with Claude Code and Cursor: Spektr (personal CRM — spektr.kirillpolevoy.com), Relai (Chrome extension, live on Web Store), Tiny Viewers (tinyviewers.vercel.app), StoryStack (storystackstudios.com).

Lead Chicago's Shiphaus chapter — day-long AI build events for business owners/leaders and engineers.

Location: Chicago, Illinois, US

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Claude Code, Cursor, Vercel, Supabase, Expo, SQL

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirill-polevoy/

Email: kpolevoy [at-symbol] gmail [dot] com

GitHub: https://github.com/kirillpolevoy

10+ years in product at Engine, Beyond Finance, Clearcover, OneMain Financial. Fintech, B2B, insurtech. Looking for fractional/contract work. Good at going from "we have a problem" to actually fixing it — strategy and execution:

- Took over billing ($80M/mo volume), found scale-blocking gaps, shipped the redesign

- Built a BI data layer from zero, turned it into company-wide KPIs

- Spec'd and shipped an API integration that grew affiliate policies 15%

- Mobile app from idea to 45k DAU

Also build my own stuff with Claude Code and Cursor: Spektr (personal CRM — spektr-pi.vercel.app), Relai (Chrome extension, live on Web Store), Tiny Viewers (tinyviewers.vercel.app), StoryStack (storystackstudios.com).

Lead Chicago's Shiphaus chapter — day-long AI build events for makers.

Location: Chicago, IL

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Claude Code, Cursor, Vercel, Supabase, Expo, SQL

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirill-polevoy/

Email: kpolevoy [at-symbol] gmail [dot] com

GitHub: https://github.com/kirillpolevoy

10+ years in product at Engine, Beyond Finance, Clearcover, OneMain Financial. Fintech, B2B, insurtech. Looking for fractional/contract work.

Good at going from "we have a problem" to actually fixing it — strategy and execution:

- Took over billing ($80M/mo volume), found scale-blocking gaps, shipped the redesign

- Built a BI data layer from zero, turned it into company-wide KPIs

- Spec’d and shipped an API integration that grew affiliate policies 15%

- Mobile app from idea to 45k DAU

Also build my own stuff with Claude Code and Cursor: Relai (Chrome extension, live on Web Store), Tiny Viewers (tinyviewers.vercel.app), StoryStack (storystackstudios.com).

Small team that needs someone to figure out what to build and go do it — happy to chat.