The journey
Timeline
Key milestones from Iran to Berlin — from founding a company at 20 to Principal Engineer, manager, and creator.
2026
Building in Public
Launched SiaExplains.com as a home for writing, projects, and the full story. Building side projects and startups while sharing the journey — engineering, content creation, and everything in between.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2026
Building in Public
Launched SiaExplains.com as a home for writing, projects, and the full story. Building side projects and startups while sharing the journey — engineering, content creation, and everything in between.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2026
Launched Picstea
Built and launched Picstea.com as solo founder — a free, browser-based image editor for editing photos, creating images, and drawing, in the spirit of Photoshop and GIMP. Nothing to install; it all runs in the browser. Built with Next.js and TypeScript.
📍 Berlin, Germany
Visit website2026
Launched Picstea
Built and launched Picstea.com as solo founder — a free, browser-based image editor for editing photos, creating images, and drawing, in the spirit of Photoshop and GIMP. Nothing to install; it all runs in the browser. Built with Next.js and TypeScript.
📍 Berlin, Germany
Visit website2026
Founded Iranian Tech Hub
As solo founder, built Iranian Tech Hub — a non-profit, vetted, members-only platform for the 800+ member Iranian Startup Community on Telegram, with 150 members onboarded so far, with topic archives, verified profiles, co-founder matching, and a funding channel.
📍 Berlin, Germany
Visit website2026
Founded Iranian Tech Hub
As solo founder, built Iranian Tech Hub — a non-profit, vetted, members-only platform for the 800+ member Iranian Startup Community on Telegram, with 150 members onboarded so far, with topic archives, verified profiles, co-founder matching, and a funding channel.
📍 Berlin, Germany
Visit website2026
Co-founded FocusCrew
Co-founded FocusCrew with Sheida — a gamified Pomodoro platform where small crews focus together. Planner, habit tracker, timer, and crews in one place, live at focus-crew.com.
📍 Berlin, Germany
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Co-founded FocusCrew
Co-founded FocusCrew with Sheida — a gamified Pomodoro platform where small crews focus together. Planner, habit tracker, timer, and crews in one place, live at focus-crew.com.
📍 Berlin, Germany
Visit website2026
Launched WikiDigit
Founded WikiDigit — a tech media and news platform delivering curated stories on AI, software, and the digital world. Built for engineers and tech enthusiasts who want depth over clickbait.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2026
Launched WikiDigit
Founded WikiDigit — a tech media and news platform delivering curated stories on AI, software, and the digital world. Built for engineers and tech enthusiasts who want depth over clickbait.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2025
Founded Emojar
As solo founder, built and launched Emojar.com — a free emoji search and copy platform featuring 3,600+ emojis, curated collections, and mini-games. The entire product was shipped using AI tools with zero hand-written code. Monetised via Google Ads.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2025
Founded Emojar
As solo founder, built and launched Emojar.com — a free emoji search and copy platform featuring 3,600+ emojis, curated collections, and mini-games. The entire product was shipped using AI tools with zero hand-written code. Monetised via Google Ads.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2023
Principal Engineer & Manager at MHP
Joined MHP as Principal Software Engineer and Manager. Leading a cross-functional team, designing KPI comparison tools for Volkswagen Group plants, implementing virtual meter concepts for energy dashboards, and automating CI/CD pipelines that were previously fully manual.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2023
Principal Engineer & Manager at MHP
Joined MHP as Principal Software Engineer and Manager. Leading a cross-functional team, designing KPI comparison tools for Volkswagen Group plants, implementing virtual meter concepts for energy dashboards, and automating CI/CD pipelines that were previously fully manual.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2022
Launched SiaExplains on YouTube
Started SiaExplains to share what I’d learned about engineering, career growth, and international tech careers. The response exceeded all expectations and ignited a passion for teaching and content creation.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2022
Launched SiaExplains on YouTube
Started SiaExplains to share what I’d learned about engineering, career growth, and international tech careers. The response exceeded all expectations and ignited a passion for teaching and content creation.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2020
Senior Engineer at Trademachines, Berlin
Joined Trademachines as a Senior Software Engineer. Built a Next.js 13 management dashboard, boosted Web Core Vitals by 18%, drove a 30% SEO traffic increase, introduced A/B testing that lifted conversion rates by 20%, and led migration from legacy PHP7 to React.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2020
Senior Engineer at Trademachines, Berlin
Joined Trademachines as a Senior Software Engineer. Built a Next.js 13 management dashboard, boosted Web Core Vitals by 18%, drove a 30% SEO traffic increase, introduced A/B testing that lifted conversion rates by 20%, and led migration from legacy PHP7 to React.
📍 Berlin, Germany
2019
Moved Abroad
Made the leap internationally — first to Sydney, Australia, where I helped migrate a legacy e-commerce platform to React and Node.js. Then onward to Europe, landing in Berlin: a city that immediately felt like home.
📍 Sydney → Berlin
2019
Moved Abroad
Made the leap internationally — first to Sydney, Australia, where I helped migrate a legacy e-commerce platform to React and Node.js. Then onward to Europe, landing in Berlin: a city that immediately felt like home.
📍 Sydney → Berlin
2016
Lead Engineer & Senior Roles in Tehran
Progressed through senior engineering roles across multiple companies. At Soniran, led front-end and back-end teams building an e-wallet and credit system. At SON Corporate Group, improved financial data entry applications and built a custom spreadsheet language for non-technical users.
📍 Tehran, Iran
2016
Lead Engineer & Senior Roles in Tehran
Progressed through senior engineering roles across multiple companies. At Soniran, led front-end and back-end teams building an e-wallet and credit system. At SON Corporate Group, improved financial data entry applications and built a custom spreadsheet language for non-technical users.
📍 Tehran, Iran
2012
First Professional Engineering Role
Joined Saman International Analysts as a Software Developer. Redesigned a core financial messaging app based on ISO-8553, implemented an automatic modular update system saving $50k/year, and led development of deposit, withdrawal, and transfer modules.
📍 Tehran, Iran
2012
First Professional Engineering Role
Joined Saman International Analysts as a Software Developer. Redesigned a core financial messaging app based on ISO-8553, implemented an automatic modular update system saving $50k/year, and led development of deposit, withdrawal, and transfer modules.
📍 Tehran, Iran
2009
Bachelor’s in Computer Software Engineering
Enrolled at Mazandaran University of Science and Technology. Graduated in 2012 with a grade of 15.94/20. My thesis focused on analysis, design, and implementation of a multi-glossary dictionary similar to Babylon.
📍 Mazandaran, Iran
2009
Bachelor’s in Computer Software Engineering
Enrolled at Mazandaran University of Science and Technology. Graduated in 2012 with a grade of 15.94/20. My thesis focused on analysis, design, and implementation of a multi-glossary dictionary similar to Babylon.
📍 Mazandaran, Iran
2007
Founded Taazuu Developers
Founded a software development company while still in university. As founder and CEO, led the company and built a multilingual dictionary supporting 12+ languages with OCR, architected an LMS for a major Iranian university, and shipped over 12 web portfolios and a native Windows app for fuel card distribution across 14 cities.
📍 Ghaemshahr, Iran
2007
Founded Taazuu Developers
Founded a software development company while still in university. As founder and CEO, led the company and built a multilingual dictionary supporting 12+ languages with OCR, architected an LMS for a major Iranian university, and shipped over 12 web portfolios and a native Windows app for fuel card distribution across 14 cities.
📍 Ghaemshahr, Iran
2006
Associate’s Degree in Software
Enrolled at Azad University to study Software. Participated in Robotics Seminar and built an Interactive Content Management System as my final project. Graduated in 2009 with a grade of 16.66/20.
📍 Iran
2006
Associate’s Degree in Software
Enrolled at Azad University to study Software. Participated in Robotics Seminar and built an Interactive Content Management System as my final project. Graduated in 2009 with a grade of 16.66/20.
📍 Iran