Mo Eltahir
Senior Software Engineer · Cloud & Security
Gent, Belgium
Open to permanent rolesI build secure, fast software end to end: product front ends, the cloud platforms they run on, and the identity and security layers that hold them together.
What I do
Cloud & DevOps
AWS and Azure with Terraform, Kubernetes and GitOps, and observability with Prometheus, Grafana and Datadog.
Identity & security
OIDC, SAML2 and federation, multi-tenancy and MFA, SAST and DAST in the pipeline, and hands-on pentesting.
Product engineering
TypeScript, React, Vue and Astro front ends on FastAPI, Spring and Django back ends, with CQRS and event-driven designs.
Selected work
- Aug 2024 – Jan 2026
ToquaAI
ToquaAI
CQRS microservices, a React dashboard, multi-cloud infrastructure with Terraform, and identity federation.
- FastAPI
- TypeScript
- React
- Terraform
- Dec 2023 – Aug 2026
Reef National Foundation
Reef National Foundation
Led Fonda's delivery of the Reef National Foundation platform, which serves 500,000+ users.
- Sep 2023 – Aug 2024
Cytomine
Cytomine
Microservices and identity integrations for a digital pathology platform with an on-premise deployment of 20,000+ active users.
- Spring
- Grails
- FastAPI
- Vue
- Dec 2020 – May 2021
RF-LAB
University of Debrecen
A web app UI for hardware-based physical penetration testing tools, built as my BSc thesis.
- Python
- Flask
- Tailwind CSS
- SQLite
Latest posts
- Reading time: 4 minWritten in English
Learn TCAS: aeroplane hacking for fun
How the collision-avoidance system on airliners works, what you can hear with a cheap software-defined radio, and what security research says about it.
- Reading time: 4 minWritten in English
RF-LAB: a web UI for physical pentesting hardware
What my BSc thesis taught me about RFID access control, and why physical pentest teams need a safe way to share the credentials they clone.
Experience
Jan 2026 – Oct 2026
Senior Software Engineer
Qargo · Gent, Belgium
Aug 2024 – Jan 2026
Senior Software Engineer & DevOps
ToquaAI · Gent, Belgium
Dec 2023 – Aug 2026
Founder, COO & CTO of Fonda (delivery agency)
Reef National Foundation · Saudi Arabia
Sep 2023 – Aug 2024
Software Engineer
Cytomine · Liège, Belgium
Let's talk
Hiring for a permanent role, or want a second pair of eyes on a cloud or security problem? Send me an email.