Abel Alem Mebrahtu
Chief Technology Officer @Aspio
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Technology Officer @Aspio
Stockholm, SE
Leading engineering for Aspio\'s all-in-one platform serving service businesses across Europe.Built and scaled 8 integrated products (marketplace, booking, payments, POS, loyalty, websites, customer journals, deals) with a small engineering team. One monolithic codebase serving hundreds of businesses.Key Impact- Architected multi-product platform from ground up - made the strategic decision to use a well-structured monolith over microservices, enabling 3-5x faster feature development- Led product development end-to-end - from architecture design to production deployment, processing thousands of daily transactions- Built and mentored engineering team of 2-5 developers that ships at the velocity of teams 3x our size- Made critical technical decisions: chose Firebase for speed-to-market, implemented real-time capabilities, balanced technical debt with product velocity- Established engineering culture focused on pragmatic decisions over impressive architecture -\"build for the scale you have, not the scale you dream about\"- Collaborated with founders to align technology strategy with business goals - every technical decision tied to customer learning or revenue impactPhilosophy: Small teams can build massive things. But only if you\'re ruthless about what NOT to build.Tech Stack: Firebase, Flutter, React, Vue.js, Node.js, Express.js
EDUCATION
Addis Ababa University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Università degli Studi di Padova
Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Engineering
ABOUT ABEL ALEM MEBRAHTU
Builder. Problem solver. Self-taught engineer from Addis Ababa, now leading engineering in Europe.**The Path:**Started building projects locally in Ethiopia. No bootcamps. No mentors. Just Stack Overflow and failed attempts.Joined A2SV (Africa to Silicon Valley) and learned competitive programming. Discovered that breaking down impossible problems is the actual skill.Worked with 8+ companies across Ethiopia, India, Singapore, Sweden, and Italy. Built apps used by people. Learned what works at scale and what works with nothing.**What I Know:**How to build systems that scale without over-engineering. Leading small teams that ship faster than large ones. Making technical decisions with incomplete information. Balancing speed with sustainability. Knowing what NOT to build.**What I Share:**Real lessons from 8+ companies and 4 continents. Mistakes that became teaching moments. The unsexy decisions that actually matter.Architecture for multi-product platforms. Leading lean teams. Pragmatic over perfect.**The Philosophy:**Small teams can build big things. But only if you\'re ruthless about what NOT to build.Technical leadership is 20% coding, 80% decisions.**Currently:**Leading engineering. Building multi-product SaaS. Based in Italy. Still writing code daily.**Let\'s Connect:**Building something real? Leading a small team? Figuring out the developer-to-leader jump?I\'ve been there. Let\'s talk. a••••••••@gmail.com
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