Golden hour over a Caribbean port town: a young man sits on a rooftop beside a flame tree in red bloom, the harbour below

PORT ARRIVAL

SHIVAM
PERSAD

SOFTWARE ENGINEER · CREATOR · PROBLEM SOLVER

01 · ABOUT

ROOTS & ROUTE

Who I am, where I'm from, what drives me. Not just facts, but values.

I build digital experiences that blend logic with intuition. Systems with soul. Design with purpose. Stories with structure.

Eight years turning messy problems into clean systems. I care about correctness, latency, and the experience around the code as much as the code itself.

  • SYSTEMS WITH SOUL
  • DESIGN WITH PURPOSE
  • STORIES WITH STRUCTURE

8+

YEARS SHIPPING

12

CORE TOOLS

  • C#
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • SQL
  • Kubernetes
  • gRPC
  • WASM
  • Redis
  • Postgres

10.270188° N, -61.3759055° W · TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

02 · WORK

FEATURED VOYAGES

Projects like islands. Each with its own ecosystem.

  • A dark island seascape at dusk with glowing light trails rippling across the water
    PLACEHOLDER

    ECHOES

    IN MOTION

    Scroll-driven audio-visual stories that move with you.

    React / WebGL / Motion

    motion · web

  • A lighthouse studio on a cliff at blue hour, warm beams cutting through sea mist
    PLACEHOLDER

    LUMEN

    STUDIO

    A design studio site built around light, glass and grids.

    Next.js / Tailwind / Figma

    design · web

  • Sunrise breaking over a calm bay, a small sailboat leaving a clean wake
    PLACEHOLDER

    DAYBREAK

    APP

    Mobile productivity with offline-first sync and a calm, beautiful UI.

    React Native / TypeScript / SQLite

    app · design

  • A night sea under shifting bands of signal light, a lone antenna buoy blinking red among dark waves
    PLACEHOLDER

    SIGNAL

    SHIFT

    An AI listening post that turns noisy feeds into clear signals.

    Python / LLMs / Postgres

    ai · web

03 · EXPERIENCE

NAVIGATION LOG

A map of the journey so far. Milestones. Lessons. Systems built.

  1. 2020

    COMPUTER SCIENCE

    UWI St. Augustine

    Where the systems thinking started.

  2. 2022

    DEVELOPER INTERN

    Microsoft Partner

    First production deploys on the Microsoft stack.

  3. 2024

    SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    National Insurance Board

    Enterprise systems for the national safety net.

04 · PLAYGROUND

OPEN WATERS

A sandbox for curiosity. Dive in, poke around, break things.

Open WatersDive in →

05 · CONTACT

DROP AN ANCHOR

The final port. Let's work. Let's create.

A vintage travel postcard on dark wood, a faint inked coastline and a single postmark on aged cream paper

Open to new voyages

Let's build something real.

Send a letter
  • GITHUBSOON
  • LINKEDINSOON
  • TWITTER / XSOON

Rooted in place, guided by curiosity.

10.270188° N, -61.3759055° WTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO