Brussels · Belgium

TAQI ABBAS BUILDS & TEACHES.

Full-stack engineer, IT educator and founder of Aether — a cloud-connected POS startup on Belgian open-banking rails. A decade of building systems people rely on, and explaining exactly how they work.

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0+ yrs in tech
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99.9%uptime record
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The short version

I've spent ten years where engineering meets education — building the systems, then teaching the people who depend on them.

From architecting enterprise IT infrastructure from scratch in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to leading institution-wide digital transformation at the European School of Brussels, to founding Aether — integrating Belgian open-banking rails into retail point-of-sale.

I'm most at home when a problem is genuinely hard: unclear requirements, limited resources, high stakes. That's where precision and creativity have to work together.

BaseBrussels, Belgium
TeachingICT · European School Brussels
Years educating7+
CertifiedCCNP · DigCompEdu
LanguagesEN · FR · UR
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What I work with

Robust, scalable web applications and APIs from database to UI — with a focus on clarity and long-term maintainability.

PythonTypeScriptReactNode.jsRESTPostgreSQL

Enterprise-grade infrastructure with security, disaster recovery and sustained availability — built in environments where failure is not an option.

CCNPAWSAzureDockerNetSecDR

Institution-level digital transformation, curriculum design, faculty training — building the next generation of tech-literate thinkers.

DigCompEduM365BYODCurriculum

Real-world payment systems, open-banking integrations and POS products. Currently: Aether, cloud-connected POS for Belgian retail.

POSOpen BankingPaymentsProduct

Accessible, pixel-precise interfaces — plus cross-continent IT operations supporting thousands of users every day, from DR Congo to Brussels.

UI/UXFigmaA11yMulti-site OpsITIL
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The path so far

2026 — PRESENT

Founder & Full-Stack Developer

Aether · StartLab Brussels

Building cloud-connected POS systems integrating Belgian payment and open-banking rails. Every layer architected — from PostgreSQL schemas to checkout flows — to make modern payments accessible to Belgian retail.

POSOpen BankingNode.js

2024 — PRESENT

Digital Learning Coordinator & ICT Teacher

European School of Brussels

Leading institution-wide digital transformation: BYOD strategy, faculty training, measurable classroom outcomes. IT frameworks that 1,200+ students and staff rely on daily.

DigCompEduBYODM365

2020 — 2023

Head of IT Operations

British International School · Lubumbashi, DR Congo

Built secure enterprise-grade IT infrastructure from scratch in a resource-constrained environment. Network architecture, disaster recovery, large-scale support — 99.9% uptime.

CCNPNetworkDR

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Let's build something
worth using.

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Freelance · consulting · full-time — usually replies within a few hours.