Taha Shalaby
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One mind,
full spectrum.

I build production AI systems and teach Cambridge Mathematics and Computing. Different wavelengths, same light.

Open to engineering and teaching roles

Taha-Yassen Shalaby, Full-Stack AI Engineer and Mathematics & Computing Educator

6+

years shipping production AI

7+

years teaching Cambridge curriculum

12+

ML systems for Fortune 500 clients

2M+

predictions served per month

Two careers, one feedback loop.

Most engineers can build. Most teachers can explain. I have spent the last decade doing both at once, and each career keeps making the other one better.

On the engineering side, I co-founded an AI startup that shipped 12+ production ML systems for Fortune 500 clients, led validator infrastructure for a blockchain oracle network, and now build agentic LLM applications for cybersecurity: on-prem tool-calling agents that let SOC analysts query security logs in plain English.

My students learn computing from someone who deployed a model to production the night before.

In the classroom, I have delivered the Cambridge International curriculum for over seven years across Cairo's international schools, from Year 1 Computing through Checkpoint Mathematics. The two careers sharpen each other: my clients get systems explained in plain language, and my students get lessons grounded in a live industry.

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Taha Shalaby. Cairo, Egypt. U.S. Citizen.

Engineering

Systems that shipped.

Six years of production AI, from startup CTO to agentic LLM applications for security operations.

Snappers, AI Cybersecurity

May 2025 to Present

Current

React / FastAPI / PostgreSQL / LangChain / Ollama / Qwen / Docker Compose

AI Engineer / Consultant

Building agentic LLM applications for security operations: an AI-powered SOC analyst dashboard with a tool-calling agent grounded in live log data.

  • Built a tool-calling LLM agent (on-prem Qwen via Ollama) that lets Tier-1 SOC analysts replace hand-written SIEM queries with plain-English requests, cutting query construction from minutes to a single step.
  • Hardened the agent against OWASP LLM Top 10 risks: validated generated queries, read-only least-privilege execution, full prompt and response audit logging.
  • Built an automated report engine for PCI compliance and incident reports with modular, customizable templates.
  • Deployed fully on-prem with open-source models to meet strict data residency requirements.

Singularity Finance

Feb 2023 to Apr 2025

Node.js / TypeScript / FastAPI / GCP MIG / Ethereum

Tech Lead

Led a small dev team building and operating price-feed algorithms for the Flare FTSO oracle network.

  • Landed submissions within the reward band on roughly 90% of price windows on the Songbird canary network.
  • Architected and operated infrastructure on GCP Managed Instance Groups, sustaining about 99% uptime across a 3-node validator fleet.
  • Implemented Node.js/TypeScript backend services integrated with FastAPI Python endpoints for ML algorithms in an Ethereum-based ecosystem.
  • Managed confidential VMs, automated snapshot and backup processes, and ERC token node infrastructure.

laccuna, AI / Data Science Startup

Dec 2019 to Dec 2022

PyTorch / Transformers / FastAPI / GCP / Ray / Kubernetes

Co-Founder & CTO

Co-founded and set technical direction for an AI startup shipping production ML for SMEs and Fortune 500 clients.

  • Delivered 12+ production ML projects powering 2M+ predictions per month across manufacturing, media, finance, and telecommunications.
  • Led a consulting engagement with UCI graduate engineers for a multi-million-dollar California manufacturing company.
  • Built production systems spanning NLP, time-series forecasting, classification, deep learning, and distributed computing.
  • Owned backend architecture, API development, GCP deployment, and the client delivery pipeline end to end.

Selected work

Snappers, 2025

AI-Powered SOC Dashboard with Agent Chat

Full-stack cybersecurity dashboard with a natural-language AI agent for querying security logs, automated PCI and incident reporting, and modular SIEM integration.

On-prem LLM deployment for strict data residency

React / FastAPI / PostgreSQL / Ollama / Qwen / Docker

laccuna, 2021

BERT Article Relevance Classifier

NLP model using a BERT transformer that classified article relevance for a US media company.

82% F1-score, manual analyst headcount reduced from 100 to 15

PyTorch / HuggingFace / BERT

laccuna, 2022

Distributed Time-Series Forecasting

Distributed computing pipeline for client-specific label forecasting, deployed on GCP with interactive dashboards.

Ray-parallelized across a compute cluster

Ray / PyTorch / statsmodels / GCP / Plotly

laccuna, 2022

Customer Churn Prediction

Gradient boosting model with hyperparameter tuning, deployed on GCP and integrated into retention workflows for a telecom company.

15% churn reduction

XGBoost / scikit-learn / GCP

laccuna, 2022

ML Workflow Engine on Kubernetes

MLOps microservices workflow engine deployed on GKE with auto-scaling, ingress, secrets management, and configurable Dockerfiles.

Production MLOps for the full client portfolio

FastAPI / Celery / RabbitMQ / Nginx / GKE

Rulers and pencils on a school supply shelf
Cambridge Mathematics and Computing, Years 1 to 8.

Credentials

  • IPC Level 1: Implementing the International Primary Curriculum
  • Cambridge International: 7+ years delivering Checkpoint & IGCSE Mathematics and Computing

Teaching

Seven years at the whiteboard.

Cambridge International Mathematics and Computing across Cairo's international schools, currently at Wycombe Abbey Cairo East.

Mathematics & Computing Teacher

Sept 2025 to Present

Wycombe Abbey Cairo East

Delivering Cambridge Mathematics to Years 7 and 8 Checkpoint students and Computing across Years 1 to 8.

  • Prepare Checkpoint students for comprehensive end-of-stage assessments with differentiated, inquiry-based lesson design.
  • Teach digital literacy, computational thinking, and programming across Primary and Lower Secondary.
  • Bring active industry AI experience into Computing lessons for authentic, contemporary relevance.

Homeroom Teacher, Milepost 3

Jul 2024 to Aug 2025

Kompass Education

Delivered English, Mathematics, Science, and Health through the IPC framework to students aged 9 to 12.

Mathematics Educator

Sept 2023 to Jun 2024

New Capital English School

Taught Cambridge Mathematics for Years 6 to 8 and completed Checkpoint examinations for Years 6 and 8.

Mathematics Educator

Sept 2018 to Sept 2020

New Capital English School

Developed Cambridge-aligned Mathematics curriculum for lower secondary Checkpoint and pre-IGCSE.

ICT Educator

Sept 2017 to Sept 2018

Futures British School

Delivered the ICT curriculum for lower secondary and pre-IGCSE, aligned with Cambridge standards.

Two tracks, one decade.

Teaching since 2017, shipping AI since 2019, and never one at the expense of the other.

  • Engineering
  • Teaching
  • Education

  1. 2014

    B.Sc. Mechatronics Engineering

    AAST, Cairo

    Graduation project: autonomous attendance robot using facial recognition. Graduated 2019.

  2. 2017

    ICT Educator

    Futures British School

    First classroom. Founded a robotics club.

  3. 2018

    Mathematics Educator

    New Capital English School

    Cambridge Checkpoint and pre-IGCSE. Built automated gradebook tools.

  4. 2019

    Co-Founder & CTO

    laccuna, Toronto

    12+ production ML systems for Fortune 500 clients.

  5. 2023

    Tech Lead

    Singularity Finance

    Flare FTSO oracle price feeds, 3-node validator fleet on GCP.

  6. 2023

    Mathematics Educator

    New Capital English School

    Completed Checkpoint examinations for Years 6 and 8.

  7. 2024

    Homeroom Teacher

    Kompass Education

    IPC Level 1 certified. English, Maths, Science, Health.

  8. 2025 to present

    AI Engineer / Consultant

    Snappers, AI Cybersecurity

    Agentic LLM applications for SOC automation.

  9. 2025 to present

    Mathematics & Computing Teacher

    Wycombe Abbey Cairo East

    Cambridge Maths, Years 7 and 8. Computing, Years 1 to 8.

The toolkit.

As an engineer

AI / ML

  • PyTorch
  • HuggingFace Transformers
  • LLM agents & tool calling
  • RAG
  • LangChain
  • Ollama
  • LLM security (OWASP LLM Top 10)
  • scikit-learn
  • XGBoost
  • NLP

Full-Stack

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • FastAPI
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL

Cloud / DevOps

  • GCP (GKE, Cloud Run, MIG)
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • MLOps
  • CI/CD
  • Linux

AI Tooling

  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • AI-assisted development

As an educator

Curriculum

  • Cambridge Checkpoint
  • Cambridge IGCSE
  • IPC Framework
  • Pre-IGCSE Mathematics & Computing

Pedagogy

  • Inquiry-based learning
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Formative & summative assessment
  • Cross-curricular design

EdTech

  • GeoGebra
  • Desmos
  • Wolfram Alpha
  • Google Classroom
  • Scratch
  • Python in the classroom

Get in touch.

Hiring for an AI engineering role, building out a maths or computing department, or something in between: I would like to hear about it.

tahashalaby93@gmail.com
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