Samuele Kaplun
Proton VPN Director Of Engineering
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuele Kaplun is a seasoned engineering leader with 19 years of experience building privacy-first, high-performance systems and currently serves as Director of Engineering for Proton VPN in Geneva. He combines deep hands-on backend and DevOps expertise—earned at ProtonMail and across a long tenure at CERN where he helped develop and operate the Invenio digital library—with strategic ownership of secure, scalable network services that protect millions of users. Samuele has a strong track record in infrastructure: from standing up on-prem GitLab, Kafka, and backup systems to optimizing network performance and security protocols for VPNs. An active open-source contributor, he has contributed backend improvements to the widely used Zenodo repository and led integrations around metadata and DOI handling. He holds top academic honors in computer science and is known for blending rigorous engineering discipline with practical solutions for censorship resistance and privacy.
19 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
CERN School of ComputingCollege of Excellence, College of Excellence at Collegio di MilanoDiploma di Liceo Scientifico, Liceo Scientifico p.n.i. (piano nazionale informatica), 84/100, Diploma di Liceo Scientifico, Liceo Scientifico p.n.i. (piano nazionale informatica), 84/100 at Collegio Arcivescovile BentivoglioMaster's degree, Computer Science, 110/110, Master's degree, Computer Science, 110/110 at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
French, Italian, English
Github Skills (14)
nio10
postgresql10
io10
python10
api-design9
data-engineering9
api9
apim9
database-administration8
databases8
database8
admin8
flask7
flask-ask7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
zenodo/zenodo
Aug 2011 - Sep 2012
Research. Shared.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:27 commits in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Samuele primarily contributed to backend development, specifically within the `bibsched` and `openaire` directories. Their work involved modifying Python scripts for loading data, supporting FP6 projects, and fixing issues related to DOI handling and OpenAIRE integration. They also implemented changes to templates and configurations to enhance the project's functionality. The user's contributions focused on data management, API interactions, and improving the overall data export process.
digital-librarypythonopen-accesszenodoinveniosoftware
inspirehep/inspire-citesummary-js
Nov 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
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