# Mitul Shah

> Personal portfolio and blog of Mitul Shah, a design engineer and photographer based in New York City (originally from Toronto, Canada).

## About

Mitul is a self-taught design engineer currently working at Vercel. He crafts memorable interfaces with deep attention to detail and dedicates time to continuous learning. He's also a professional photographer specializing in music photography, with notable achievements including being a personal photographer for the Uber CEO and having photos featured as wallpapers on Google devices.

## Contact

- Email: mitulxshah@gmail.com
- Twitter/X: @typicalmitul
- Instagram: @typicalmitul
- GitHub: mitul-s

## Pages

- [Home](https://mitul.ca): Main portfolio with experience, projects, photography, and contact info
- [About](https://mitul.ca/about): Personal background, beliefs, and bucket list
- [Guestbook](https://mitul.ca/visitors): Interactive guestbook for visitors to leave notes
- [Photography Portfolio](https://typicalmitul.com): External photography portfolio site

## Blog Posts

- [2024](https://mitul.ca/p/2024)
- [2025](https://mitul.ca/p/2025)
- [components](https://mitul.ca/p/components)
- [q1-2025](https://mitul.ca/p/q1-2025)
- [q2-2025](https://mitul.ca/p/q2-2025)
- [q3-2025](https://mitul.ca/p/q3-2025)

## Experience

- **Vercel** (Current): Design Engineer - Building for the future of the web while doing my best work
- **Compound** (2022 - 2023): Software Engineer - Built charting components, rebuilt the app navigation and worked on improving UX for advisors to thrive in supporting clients
- **Composer** (2021 - 2022): Design Engineer - As an early employee, I built out over 90% of the application UI and a scalable and accessible component library
- **Uber** (2018): Operations Intern - Led competitive research for Canada and supported the launch of 30 cities in 1 day through building courier acquisition campaigns

## Projects

- **Daybloom** (https://daybloom.app): A mindful daily journal combining photos and thoughts into calendar view
- **Montreal in Motion** (https://typicalmitul.com/montreal-in-motion): CSS 3D documentation of Montreal's brutalist metro stations
- **Places to Read** (https://placestoread.xyz): Community-submitted parks for reading around the world