StepTo: building the software others say can't be done on time
StepTo is a Belgrade-based AI & software engineering company, built on a team that has worked together since 2014. We work with scale-ups and enterprises who need high-performance engineering, without the overhead of traditional agencies.
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Nearshore AI & software engineering from Belgrade, our five services, and the numbers behind them.
StepTo verified facts
The numbers StepTo publishes about its team and commercial terms, in one place.
- Location
- Belgrade, Serbia
- Team size
- 15-20 engineers
- Time zone
- CET, with 3-4 hours of overlap with the US East Coast
- Staff augmentation
- From $4,500 per developer per month
- Dedicated team of three
- From $13,500 per month
- Projects
- From $9,000
- Rate card
- $25-85/hr depending on seniority
- Start time
- Engineers start 2-4 weeks after the first call
- Trial
- Two-week paid trial
- Replacement
- Free replacement within the first 30 days
Twelve years of delivering what matters
The story runs from Belgrade in 2014, when a small group of senior engineers began working together, through incorporation in 2020, to an AI-first delivery model today.
The team comes together
StepTo started as a small team of senior engineers in Belgrade, delivering custom software for European clients.
First dedicated teams
Launched our dedicated development team model, embedding engineers directly into client workflows.
Multi-industry expansion
Extended the dedicated-team model to long-term clients across fintech, healthcare, and enterprise SaaS.
Incorporated, and remote-first
StepTo was incorporated in Belgrade, and delivery moved to a fully distributed model serving US and UK clients across time zones.
AI & automation practice
Launched our AI division, building LLM integrations, intelligent agents, and ML pipelines for clients.
AI-first software house
Every engagement now includes an AI strategy layer. StepTo helps clients build software that thinks.
Five services, one step at a time
A 60-second film with no narration. It walks through StepTo's five services (AI and high-performance software, custom software development, dedicated development teams, staff augmentation and software outsourcing), crosses Belgrade, and ends on the StepTo logo, three ascending steps.
What does StepTo optimize for?
Step by step
At StepTo, incremental delivery beats the big reveal. Great software is built in disciplined steps, each one shippable.
See how an engagement actually runs →Senior-only
Seniority is not diluted mid-engagement. No juniors get rotated through your team, and the engineers who start your project finish it.
See our vetting process (under 8% acceptance) →Transparent
Full access to our tools, progress, and code. No black boxes, ever.
See our published rate card →AI-first
We bring AI thinking to every architecture conversation, not as an add-on, but as a default.
Who builds the software at StepTo?
StepTo's software is built by an engineering team of 15-20 people in Belgrade, presented here as role-based profiles rather than fake names or stock photos. Real engineers, real results.
Engineering Leadership
CTO / VP Eng level, strategy, architecture, and team direction
Senior Full-Stack Engineers
React, Node.js, Python, 5–12 years experience
AI/ML Engineers
LLM integration, MLOps, and data pipeline specialists
DevOps & Cloud
AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, infrastructure and reliability
Meet the full engineering team & our vetting process →
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Who founded StepTo?
Igor Gazivoda founded StepTo, the Belgrade software company incorporated in 2020 by a team that had already been building software together since 2014. Darja Gazivoda and Ivan are the other named voices behind StepTo's engineering content.
Igor Gazivoda
Founder & CEO of StepTo
Igor has 15+ years in software engineering and business development. He specializes in scaling engineering teams, nearshore strategy, and AI-driven product development. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Belgrade.
Darja Gazivoda
Senior Engineer & Technical Writer
Darja Gazivoda is a senior engineer at StepTo with deep experience in AI systems, LLM integration, and production engineering. She writes about the practical realities of building AI-augmented software teams, what works, what breaks, and what engineering leaders should actually be measuring.
Ivan
Senior Engineer
Ivan is a senior full-stack engineer at StepTo with a focus on cloud-native architecture, DevOps automation, and engineering team dynamics. He covers the intersection of agentic AI tools and real-world software delivery, from how teams adopt AI coding assistants to the organizational shifts that follow.
