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Van Matteo Castello

Machine Learning & Cybersecurity Engineer

€320/day
London, GB
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Van

I am a seasoned Backend Developer, Machine Learning & NLP Engineer, and OSINT/Cybersecurity Analyst with multi-year experience building scalable server-side architectures, intelligent data-driven systems, and cyber threat intelligence solutions. My background spans the modern .NET and JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems, as well as advanced Python-based ML and RAG pipelines, giving me a uniquely versatile profile for complex, cross-disciplinary projects.
My core strength lies in architecting clean, scalable APIs, optimizing data layers, and delivering production-grade machine learning systems—from embedding pipelines and vector search to RAG-enabled chatbots and high-performance microservices. I combine strong engineering fundamentals with practical cybersecurity and OSINT insight, enabling me to build systems that are not only fast and reliable, but also secure and resilient.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Conversational

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Ciklum
    Cyber
    TECH
    November 2023 - December 2024 (1 year and 1 month)
    London, UK
    Produced intelligence reports on individuals and global organizations to support investigations and strategic decision-making. Designed and deployed a global data-leak search engine indexing, correlating, and analyzing leaked datasets. Authored daily cyber threat bulletins summarizing leaks, attacks, and emerging vulnerabilities. Conducted comparative research on cyber governance models in the US, UK, Russia, China, and India. Supported internal teams with actionable OSINT insights for ongoing operations.
    OSINT Cyber Security Data analysis Python User Research
  • Cloudflight
    AI Engineering & OSINT Team
    TECH
    July 2023 - October 2023 (3 months)
    Munich, Germany
    Developed an AI chatbot for medical students using LangChain and Transformer-based NLP models. Built NLP pipelines for domain-specific knowledge retrieval and conversational intelligence. Contributed to model evaluation, dataset preparation, and system optimization. Integrated OSINT methods to enhance data sourcing for chatbot knowledge base.
    Langchain NLP Python LLMs RAG
  • DataArt
    Software Development & Security Engineering Team
    TECH
    June 2016 - April 2021 (4 years and 10 months)
    New York, NY, USA
    Built multiple data-driven and security-oriented services in Python.Designed, deployed, and managed Splunk and ELK environments for monitoring, logging, and analytics.Developed microservices, data ingestion pipelines, and dashboards for security operations.Created OSINT-based tools for threat detection, social network analysis, and entity correlation.
    Python OSINT Microservices Splunk ELK Stack

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