Hi, I'm Shahrom
I specialize in building tools for expert practitioners, translating problem spaces into infrastructure, instrumentation, and interfaces that reduce friction in practice.
I like solving complex socio-technical problems (design research tools, global solar-server infrastructure, academic publication, etc.) with end-to-end ownership, and love working in small teams (3-7 people). I design with user motivations as my lens, build fast, test and validate with real users, and ship yesterday.
Product engineer, trained as a computer scientist, with graduate studies in design research and educational technology. 5+ years of professional dev experience across the stack in web, mobile, systems, and games; building software for the past 13 years.
Author of Photon and the open-source maintainer for SunBlock, building a global, distributed network of solar-powered servers.
Currently translating a research method into interfaces, tools, and technical infrastructure for design research at Materializing Design: a design research group at Concordia University, Montreal.
Previously co-founded Zelospace in London helping university students connect: designed the product, built iOS and Android apps, and hit product-market fit leading a tech team of 5.
Open to product engineering roles at early stage startups: remote / Montreal / Ottawa / Toronto / Vancouver.
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