Independent IT Consultancy · Est. 2009 · Brussels

Squale Software

Full‑stack & back‑end software engineering

We deliver back‑end‑heavy, full‑stack software for fintech, energy trading, telecom, retail and media clients — from data‑critical .NET and Python back‑ends.

Services

What do we deliver

End‑to‑end software delivery — from spec to production.

Back‑end & API development

Robust, well‑tested APIs and services in .NET or Python — the backbone client apps and integrations run on.

Systems integration & migration

Connecting legacy systems, payment processors and third‑party APIs; migrating monoliths to microservices without breaking the business.

Data & messaging architecture

SQL/NoSQL data modeling and event‑driven architectures (RabbitMQ, Kafka) built to scale with the business, not against it.

Cloud‑native delivery

Containerized, CI/CD‑driven deployments on Docker/Kubernetes — reproducible environments from laptop to production.

Technical & functional analysis

Specs that both the business and the dev team can read — requirements gathering, data modeling and solution design before a line of code is written.

AI‑assisted development

Faster delivery without cutting corners, pairing modern AI tools (Claude Code) with two decades of hands‑on engineering judgment.

Track record

Selected engagements

Client work delivered since 2009.

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Elia

May 2025 – Apr 2026

Full‑Stack Developer

Monitoring applications for the National Control Center: capacity calculation, critical network element flow management, minimum remaining margin reduction and industrial valuation calculation.

.NET 6/8/10 · Web API · microservices · OAuth · MongoDB · RabbitMQ · Redis · Dapr · WPF/Prism/Telerik · Python · PyPowsybl

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Engie

Apr 2021 – Mar 2025

Back‑End Developer, Tester, Functional/Technical Analyst, IT Operator

Applications for traders and pre‑traders in the global energy market: power plant asset modeling, asset hedging, market data management, order booking, deal tracking and portfolio management.

.NET Fx 4.7 / 5/6/8 · Web API · OAuth/Okta · SQL Server · MongoDB · RabbitMQ · Redis · Kafka · Docker · K8s · Rancher · Python · FastAPI

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Interparking

Sept 2019 – Feb 2021

Back‑End Developer, Tester

Batch generation of monthly corporate invoices in PDF, a Payment Hub connected to payment service processors, and .NET connectors to SAP S4 as part of a migration from SAP ECC.

.NET Core 3.1 · Web API · MediatR · NServiceBus · Azure Service Bus · SQL Server · Flyway · Entity Framework · SAP OData

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Ingenico Group

Jul 2018 – Aug 2019

Back‑End Developer, Tester

Server‑to‑server electronic payment methods.

.NET Core 2.1 · Web API · Microservices · Swagger · SQL Server · Autofac · Dapper

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VOO / Be tv

Aug 2015 – June 2018

Web API Developer, Integrator, Tester, Technical Analyst

Revamp and maintenance of the B2C web applications: sales, self‑care and FAQ.

.NET 4.6.2 · Web API · NodeJS · MongoDB · Redis · AngularJS · React/Redux

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Delhaize Group

Mar – Jul 2015

.NET Developer

Windows‑embedded application for point‑of‑sale terminals, adding price look‑up and returns handling on top of the existing POS software.

C# · C++ · .NET · Windows API · WinForms · POS Ready · SQL Server 2008

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RTL Belgium

Nov 2014 – Feb 2015

Web Developer

Intranet web application automating page layout for two web‑radio sites: task scheduling and event synchronization.

.NET 4.5 · ASP.NET MVC 4 · Web API · SignalR · WCF · AngularJS · Knockout · SQL Server 2008

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VOO / Be tv

Jan 2012 – Aug 2014

Web Developer, Technical Analyst

Web application suite for a media broadcaster using Single Sign‑On authentication: sales and self‑care applications.

.NET 4.5 · ASP.NET MVC 4 · WCF · SOAP · SSO/WS‑Federation · Entity Framework 5 · AngularJS · SQL Server 2008

Case studies

Side projects

Cash Feez

A self‑hosted app that ingests bank/VISA statement PDFs and restaurant ticket photos, extracts structured data with the Claude API, and reconciles card charges against tickets — tips, splits and cash spending included. Built end‑to‑end: FastAPI + PostgreSQL + Celery backend, Vue 3 frontend, a Flutter companion app, and a Kubernetes deployment with self‑hosted OIDC login.

FastAPIVue 3FlutterClaude APIKubernetes

JCM-web

A crane‑sourcing intelligence platform: connectors scrape crane listings from dealers, auctions and public sales, rank buying opportunities against market and Argus pricing, and build a database of buyer and seller companies for outreach. .NET 10 Web API + Blazor Server, MongoDB‑backed.

.NET 10BlazorMongoDBWeb API

Geo Listener

A location‑tracking system: native agents on Windows, Linux and Android report device location traces to a self‑hosted backend, visualized in a companion Flutter app across mobile, web and desktop.

FlutterFastAPIPostgreSQL

Photo Redactor

A standalone photo‑redaction microservice: detects logos, license plates and identifying text in equipment photos and inpaints over them automatically. FastAPI + Celery pipeline with CV/ML models, plus an Electron desktop client.

FastAPICeleryCV/MLElectron

CV Revamp

An AI‑assisted CV editor: extracts metadata, sections and photo from an uploaded PDF, lets you refine and proofread each section with Claude, then regenerates a fully redesigned PDF from a free‑text design brief — with an automatic self‑repair pass if the AI‑generated layout breaks text flow.

Vue 3FastAPIClaude APIWeasyPrint
Technology stack

Tools of the trade

A working set built up over 25 years — still growing.

Languages

CC++C#PythonBashPowerShellSQLJavaScriptHTML / XML

Backend & architecture

Web APIMicroservicesSOA / WCFRabbitMQ / KafkaNServiceBusOAuthFastAPI / DjangoSwagger / OpenAPI

Frontend

VueReactJSAngularJSJavaScriptHTML / CSS

Data & storage

SQL ServerOracleMySQLMongoDBAzure CosmosRedisDapper / EF / NHibernate

DevOps & cloud

DockerKubernetesPodmanRancherAzure DevOpsGitCI/CD

AI-assisted dev

Claude CodeGitHub Copilot

Methodology

Agile / XPScrumKanbanPair programmingDDD / SOLIDCI

Testing

NUnit / XUnitMSTestMoqUnit / integration / regression

Platforms & IDEs

WindowsLinuxmacOSRider / VS / VS Code

Let's talk about your next project

We are available for new engagements — back‑end‑heavy, full‑stack, or anything that needs a senior consultant who can read a spec and talk to the business as well as write the code.