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Security engineering
for the data and
AI era.

I’m Matheo, a security and AI engineer, previously at Netflix, Anduril, and Okta. I build data pipelines AI can trust and AI workflows people can trust, so only relevant, actionable findings reach a human.

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What I work on

Where security, data, and AI meet. Each area links to the work behind it.

Grounded AI pipelines

AI that answers from data, not memory: intent routing to database-backed tools, deterministic calculations, and a separate review before anything generated is published.

Agentic AI security

Agent chains for security data, and security for agent chains: allowlisted fetches, claims checked against their sources, and labs that show how prompt injection travels between agents.

Trustworthy data pipelines

Collect, normalize, deduplicate, and quality-check fragmented sources, so missing data stays visible instead of quietly becoming a zero.

Security architecture

Zero trust, identity and access, endpoint security, and cloud migration, from security engineering roles at Netflix, Anduril, and Okta.

How I build: principles and an illustrative workflow →

Start with the problem.

Understand the people, constraints, and useful outcome before choosing a tool.

Keep evidence close.

Make facts and calculations traceable, and leave uncertainty visible.

Separate making from checking.

Give implementation and review distinct roles. Observe the result where people use it.

Own the decisions.

Automate bounded work, make tradeoffs explicit, and keep human judgment where it matters.

Illustrative workflow patterns, not a live team roster or the architecture of a particular product.

Matheo

Frames the problem · reviews consequential decisions

Start with evidence

Make the input understandable before asking a model to interpret it.

  • Evidence review

    Checks whether the available material supports the question.

    Type: Checker
    • Preparation

      Organizes inputs and flags gaps for review.

      Type: Automation

Separate the jobs

Use generated language where it helps and explicit rules where precision matters.

  • Output review

    Checks the result against the evidence and the task.

    Type: Checker
    • Drafting

      Proposes an explanation using the material provided.

      Type: AI
    • Calculation

      Produces numeric results from explicit inputs and rules.

      Type: Deterministic

Verify before shipping

Keep implementation and review separate, then observe the result.

  • Independent review

    Assesses the change against its stated goal and constraints.

    Type: Checker
    • Implementation

      Makes a bounded change with clear acceptance criteria.

      Type: AI
    • Checks

      Exercises the change and makes failures visible.

      Type: Automation
  • AI
  • Automation
  • Deterministic
  • Checker
  • Reports to the checker above
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An engineer.
Still curious.

Security is my starting point. I spent years in security engineering at Okta, Anduril, and Netflix, working on zero trust, identity, endpoint, and cloud security. Now I focus on how data, software, and AI fit together, and on making the result trustworthy for the people who rely on it.

World explorer, mentor, and tinkerer. Pushing to prod since Win95. I make room for community work, playful experiments, and learning something outside my usual lane.

Note

Activity is a starting point.

A workflow running for longer doesn’t mean it did more useful work. First: what does a good result look like, and how does someone check it?

Notes on measurement →

Note

Sometimes less software helps.

A small tool can keep preferences on the device, work without an account, and leave less to maintain.

More on the blog ↗

Community

Security people can use.

Helping older adults recognize scams, protect themselves online, and know where to turn when something goes wrong.

Community & resources →

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Let’s compare notes.

© 2026 Matheo Lord-Martinez

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Arcade 95

Games, desk accessories, and a terminal with a few secrets, inside a little computer from a different era.

  • Pinball
  • Snake
  • Tetris
  • Breakout
  • Asteroids