Lead / Staff Data Scientist - L3
Interdisciplinary software architect at the intersection of engineering precision and strategic design. 11+ years building scalable systems, data science pipelines, ML infrastructure & open-source platforms.
- ModernAmusement Development
- Shady Nathan Tawfik
- Full-Stack · Data Science · ML/AI · Cybersecurity · Design · Open Source
Accessibility Toolbar
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A dependency-free, white-label accessibility toolbar for any website. 13 accessibility tools, full colour and font theming, no tracking and no telemetry — 100% self-hosted and it works offline. Free for registered non-profit organisations.
13 accessibility tools
From high contrast and dark mode through link and heading highlighting to a reading guide, paused animations and a dyslexia-friendly font — all keyboard operable with ARIA states and focus management.
Dependency-free & self-hosted
Two files, no build step, no external requests. No tracking, no telemetry, works offline — and themes even reach same-origin iframes and open shadow roots.
White-label & themeable
No branding by default: colours, fonts, position, radius and every label are yours. Ships a Modern Amusement default theme and a neutral white-label theme.
Dual license: free for registered non-profit organisations; any other use requires a commercial license.
GitHub
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Training Lab
Open training →Public practice targets for web security — free, isolated, wiped every night. Attack them legally and learn.
OWASP Juice Shop
100+ challenges along the OWASP Top 10 — score board included.
webgoat.lab.modern-amusement.devWebGoat
Guided lessons: injection, authentication, access control.
dvwa.lab.modern-amusement.devDVWA
Every vulnerability on three difficulty levels — low, medium, high.
opencode
opencode is funded by Anomaly (Anomaly Innovations Inc.), a software company that builds open-source developer tools. We work on the following open-source projects:
We are lucky to have a great group of investors including Reid Hoffman, Max Levchin, Russ Simmons, Steve Chen, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Aber Whitcomb, James Hong, Jim Young, Ashwin Navin, and a few others.
About Me
In a technology landscape increasingly split into narrow specializations, Shady Tawfik represents a rare profile: that of an interdisciplinary architect at the intersection of technological complexity and visualized semantics. With over eleven years of professional experience in software engineering and communication design, he operates confidently across a spectrum spanning systems-level development, machine learning and distributed web architectures to typographic precision, information design and brand identity.
Tawfik's philosophy is rooted in the belief that outstanding software is not created solely through bug-free code or mathematical performance, but through a deep understanding of human interaction. For him, design is not a superficial layer applied to the user interface after technical implementation, but a structural foundation. Likewise, code is not an end in itself, but a tool for making complex logical structures tangible, accessible and functional.
This hybrid identity as both designer and engineer, combined with over a decade of practical experience, enables Tawfik to conceptualize, implement and scale projects independently — from the first algorithmic idea and system architecture through UX design and strategic communication.