Pixel-perfect UI
Component from the design system accessible, consistent, built in Storybook.
Ali PajandI ship accessible UIs and reliable releases-design systems, frontend architecture, and DX tooling.
9+ years turning messy requirements into shipped product. I own design-system rollouts, tight TypeScript/React stacks, and the release discipline teams need to move fast without breaking quality.
Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Proof at a glance
- 9+
- years building product
- Design systems
- rollouts & shared UI
- DX & architecture
- typed APIs, pipelines, review
- A11y-first
- UIs that ship
Selected work
Quick visual read—real screenshots when shareable; otherwise illustrative thumbnails. Full writeups live under Case studies on the portfolio page.
Complex dashboards
D3.js charts and GSAP motion. Data blurred for confidentiality.
AI-driven automation
Workflow: from trigger to model to action. Built for reliability and observability.
Peer feedback
Informal endorsements from people I worked with on these teams. Names aren’t published here without explicit permission; each line shows role and employer only, as they described it.
Ali built high-quality, accessible UIs and helped us ship faster with a solid design system and clear docs.
- Attribution
- Engineering
- Emplifi
Took ownership from design to deployment. Kept design and engineering in sync and pushed for better UX and performance.
- Attribution
- Product / Engineering
- ControlTech Startup Studio
Set up our frontend workflow, Storybook, CI/CD, and tooling the whole team could rely on.
- Attribution
- Engineering
- ControlTech Startup Studio
Writing
Long-form notes on design systems, developer experience, and shipping product UIs.
These pieces unpack how I reason about systems and trade-offs—so you can see how I explain complexity and align engineering with product goals.
Teaching MapBylaw to give honest AI recommendations
Product engineering · AIHow we went from vague, ChatGPT-flavoured suggestions to grounded, auditable AI recommendations inside a real zoning and feasibility product.
Read article →Why I automate code review with MCP
DX · ToolingHow a custom MCP server for Cursor runs lint, types, and tests for me so human reviewers can focus on architecture, trade‑offs, and naming.
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More essays and notes on the archive.
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