LA
Toronto, Canada
Engineer · Founder · Builder

Levon Arakelyan

I build software, and the companies that grow around it. I'm self-taught and patient — I'd rather do honest work than loud work, and I care about making things that genuinely help people. Based in Toronto.

About

I taught myself to build, and shipped my first app in 2016. I haven't really stopped since — though what I build keeps widening. Engineering is where I started; product, and the business of getting things shipped, are where I spend more of my time now.

I work independently and quietly. I plan more than I speak, keep things close until they're ready, and finish what's worth finishing.

Currently in Toronto, with the course pointed at more products — and the companies around them.


Direction

Beyond software, I'm increasingly drawn to real estate, advanced technologies, and aerial engineering — and to building where they overlap.

Real estate Advanced technologies Aerial engineering

Selected work
  • IELTS Computer Exam preparation · iOS, iPadOS, macOS

    It began with a gap I kept hitting: I wanted to rehearse the IELTS under real exam conditions, in real time, and nothing out there did that. So I built it — and thousands of people now prepare with it.

  • 8 Up Game · 2016

    A passion project with no real finish line. Simple at a glance — almost too simple — and then quietly demanding the longer you stay with it. I made it for the love of building something small and alive.

  • Petsagram GPS Hardware prototype · 2019

    A tiny eSIM-based tracker for finding a pet from anywhere, with no phone nearby. It never made it past prototype — feel free to ask me why.


Let's connect

Got a nice idea? Ping me — we might start it right away.

Or just to connect — a kayak on the lake, a game of chess, a coffee, a walk to think out loud. I'm always up for it.