Shayan Arman

I love to build, ship, and scale. Since 2017, I've engineered products at ApplePreview of https://apple.comapple.com and built an AI startup serving thousands worldwide. Currently building Zero InboxPreview of https://zeroinbox.aizeroinbox.ai, the first fully AI-powered email organizer.

Results

10M+

Emails cleaned and organized by Zero Inbox AI

10,000+

Users worldwide across 50+ countries

$18B

Revenue unlocked at Apple with first Siri AirPods experience

100+

Siri integrations shipped (WhatsApp, Tesla, Spotify, Uber)

Currently

Building Zero InboxPreview of https://zeroinbox.aizeroinbox.ai.

Vancouver

Skills

AI Integration

AI-powered product features and automation. Expert in LLM integration, intelligent data processing, and building AI-first experiences. Built the first fully AI email organizer on the market.

Technical Leadership

Strategic technical guidance for startups and teams. Product architecture, engineering best practices, and scaling strategies. Led platform transitions serving millions of users at Apple.

Shipping Product, Getting Customers, Increasing Revenue

End-to-end product development from concept to scale. Specializing in Product Development, Sales, Marketing, Growing Revenue. Built systems processing thousands of requests per second.

Magic

I can make things happen, you never thought could happen, faster than expected.

Highlights

Zero Inbox

2022—2025

First fully AI-powered email organizer. Cleaned 10M+ emails for 10,000 users globally with 1,500 paying customers. Built with Next.js, Python, TypeScript, AWS (SQS, RDS, EC2). Scalable architecture processing thousands of emails per second.

Patent Pending: designed, and built the worlds first modular dishwasher with a Propulsion Engineer at Relativity Space.

Privacy-Centric Siri

2019—2021

Engineered native Swift Siri with single monorepo development. Removed Java server dependency, saving developers hours weekly. Achieved 80% faster on-device response times for customers.

Siri AirPods Experience

2019—2020

Built the first Siri AirPods experience, unlocking $18B in new revenue for Apple (Bloomberg, 2021). Increased Siri usage by millions across HomePod, AirPods, and CarPlay.

Siri Platform Evolution

2017—2021

Led transition to new Java Siri Platform at Apple, gaining 20% time savings for each developer. Added 100+ new app integrations including WhatsApp, Tesla, Spotify, Uber, and Facebook Messenger.

Experience

Zero Inbox Technologies

2022—2025

Lead Engineer, Designer & Founder, Full-Time

Product Design, Full-Stack Development, AI/ML, Fundraising

Apple

2017—2021

Software Engineer, Full-Time

iOS Development, Platform Engineering, Swift, Java

Percolate

2015

Full Stack Software Engineer, Internship

Flask, Python, Testing Infrastructure

CodeHS

2015

Full Stack Software Engineer, Internship

Django, Python, JavaScript

Amazon

2014

Software Engineer, Internship

Java, AWS SQS, Backend Systems

Education

University of Waterloo

2011—2016

Bachelor of Engineering

Honors Computer Engineering • GPA: 3.90/4.0 • President's Scholarship of Distinction

Nanyang Technological University

2014

Study Abroad

Database Design • Singapore

Lund University (LTH)

2014

Study Abroad

Theoretical Biophysics & Compilers • Sweden

Recognition

2025

Antler Fellow: Toronto Cohort

2024

New Ventures BC Top 26

2022

YCombinator Selection - Interview Stage

2022

IRAP Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute $10k Grant

2022

Futurpreneur $60k Grant

2016

Waterloo Velocity Fund Finalist

2011

President's Scholarship of Distinction

Technical Skills

Languages

JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Swift, Objective-C, Java, C#

Frontend

React, Next.js, Svelte, HTML/CSS, Mantine

Backend

Node.js, Express, Flask, Django, tRPC

Databases

PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL, Prisma ORM

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (EC2, SQS, RDS), Vercel, Linux/Bash

Mobile

iOS Development, React Native, Electron

Extraordinaire

Built in Vancouver, BC

Made with Next.js & Mantine

Hosted on Vercel

Copyright

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