I design and build products end-to-end.

Currently the lead engineer at a government funded research group at Concordia University, productizing a research method.

Previously co-founded Zelospace in London: designed the product, built iOS and Android apps, hit product-market fit, and led a team of 5.

6 Years of experience all across the stack. I have worked extensively with NextJS, React, and React Native designing full-stack and mobile applications. Open-Source maintainer for SunBlock

Systems you can feel

the invisible, made legible
SunBlock2024-26
Built an autonomous solar-powered gaming server end-to-end, bringing solar power into Minecraft as game mechanics.Lead Engineer · CTV News
Open-Source · Python · Java · React · JavaScript
Reflective Surfaces2024
Designed and developed an interactive research paper for ACM DIS'24 demonstrating experimental forms of research communication in game design — Solo Dev · ACM DIS'24
JavaScript · React
Prose2025
Reimagined the academic article as a digital-native interactive experience — a research project exploring how design can make scholarly work more accessible and engaging.Designer/Developer · MA Thesis
React · JavaScript

Data & method

behaviour into signal
Materializing DesignOngoing
Currently managing this research group investigating design practice and design research methodology. I develop the method for traceable game design research, and tools to help researchers practice it.Lead Engineer/Manager
Life on the Edge: Analytics Engine2023
Built a game analytics engine that tracks player behaviour in an educational game, turning gameplay data into measurable learning outcomes for researchers and educators.System Designer/Unity Dev · Live
C# · Unity · Snowflake

Writing

how I think about the work
Interactive ReadingMay 2026
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About

 

Designing products is not my passion, it is my compulsion. I'm haunted by visions of better interfaces and I am compelled to build them. I can't help myself... Can't say I dislike it, I don't, It's very rewarding work.

Favourite ones these days are Photon and the Design Archive

Let's build something. contact@shahromali.com