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Soheil
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Drag sideways to widen or pinch the clay, up to three quarters of the canvas width. Drag up to stretch it taller and leaner; drag down to compress it shorter and fuller. Gentle strokes hold. Fast swipes, abrupt changes of direction, or a heavy top on a thin neck can make the clay collapse almost flat. Collapse immediately stops the wheel and timer; download the result or start again. The larger disc stays in place; drag it sideways to spin. The small preview shows the same sculpture in red clay. Your first stroke starts up to 30 seconds and a quiet, sparse melody. Use the speaker button to mute. Starting again also restarts the music from its beginning. Keyboard: Up and Down stretch or compress. Shift with Up and Down chooses where Left and Right pinch or widen. Escape pauses motion and music, not time. On mobile, shape the sculpture or swipe beside it to scroll. Two-finger zoom remains available.

I’m Soheil.

Software Engineering Manager at Shopify.
I build products, lead teams, and make things.

A little about my work
VANCOUVER, CANADAENGINEERING · DESIGN · CURIOSITYSCROLL TO DISCOVER
01 / SELECTED WORKIDEAS, OUT IN THE WORLD

What I’m working on.
And what came before.

Leading engineering teams, building products, and staying close to the craft.

01 — CURRENT CHAPTER

Shopify2025—present

Building the future of commerce.

  1. NOW

    Software Engineering Manager

    Leading engineering teams at Shopify.

  2. PREVIOUSLY

    Staff Engineer

    Building on the Shopify platform.

02 — FOUNDED & BUILT

CreativeFlow.ai

Giving ideas
a life of their own.

200K+ usersAcquired2022—2024
A bootstrapped animation platform. Built from the ground up, from the engine to the experience.
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03 — PRODUCT ENGINEERING

Staffbase

Better communication.
Beautifully built.

Newsletter designer2018—2021
Led development of Bananatag’s collaborative newsletter designer, ahead of its acquisition by Staffbase.
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02 / SMALL OBSESSIONSBUILT FOR THE JOY OF IT

Curiosity,
put to work.

Tools for people who make things.
A collection of Figma plugins exploring the space between design and code.

01

Figma to Email

Design → development02

Export to CSS Animation

Motion, made portable03

Trace Images

Pixels → paths04

Morph Animation

A little shape-shifting05

Share to Social Media

From canvas to community
03 / A LITTLE MORE

Still curious.

I’m Soheil, based in Vancouver. Over the past decade I’ve built products, founded a company, and helped teams as a fractional CTO. I still like getting into the details and making things myself.

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