As a dedicated Software Engineer and Data Engineer, I bring a wealth of experience in cloud computing, software development, and data engineering to the table. My tenure at Caterpillar has been marked by leading transformative projects that significantly enhance operational efficiency and system reliability at scale. These projects have touched crucial parts of Caterpillar's business, such as supply chain and purchasing. I have played a significant role in digitizing Caterpillar’s business and helping it progress towards a data-driven approach, allowing us to remain extremely competitive in disruptive times.In my role as a Senior Data Engineer, I led initiatives to improve the performance and data accuracy of our strategic data pipeline, mapping part numbers from large machines down to piece parts. Utilizing AWS services, Snowflake, and Neo4J graph database technology, I delivered solutions that provided deeper insights into the construction of Caterpillar’s key products and identified critical risks and opportunities within our global supply chain.My journey began with the development and integration of Coupa’s SaaS platform for global use at Caterpillar. We traveled to understand user needs and build solutions to match. One key project I led early in my career was to automate over 40 regression scripts for key tests, eliminating the need for a dedicated testing team and drastically improving project velocity. Additionally, I developed and maintained vending machine software hosted on-premises across Caterpillar facilities, ensuring high availability, zero vulnerabilities, and operational efficiency through effective database management and feature implementation using Java and Oracle DB hosted on Windows servers and Windows POS machines.After the global rollout, I led efforts to transition the team from a waterfall methodology to agile scrum methodology, allowing us to iterate more quickly and work closely with the business. We pushed the system to extreme reliability, continually increasing first-time rates and reducing incident counts. We adapted real-time APIs to automate manual activities and much more.My technical competencies include Python, SQL, Java, Swift, PHP, Spark, Bash, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, PyTorch, Snowflake, Postgres, Neo4J (Graph DB), AWS, CI/CD, Git, Data Observability, Security, Networking, Windows IIS, and Linux.I am enthusiastic about the future of technology and software, eager to embrace new challenges, and look forward to meeting great people along the way!
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Senior Software Engineer, DataCaterpillar Inc. Jan 2023 - Nov 2024Chicago, Illinois, United States- Built batch data pipelines for engineering BOM (Bill of Materials) with Apache Spark, Java, AWS Glue, Python, AWS Lambda, Neo4J, Snowflake, and SQL.- Optimized graph database performance to reduce the run time of key jobs from 170 hours to under 5 hours, significantly improving data processing efficiency and saving cloud computing costs.- Designed and implemented data observability framework with Lambda, Python, Snowflake, and PowerBI. Identified millions of data quality errors, and remediated thousands so far. Leading to improvements in demand forecasting accuracy.- Collaborated with product owners to establish new standards for testing, release, and technical documentation. -
Senior Systems Development EngineerCaterpillar Inc. Jun 2020 - Dec 2022Peoria, Illinois- Led process improvement efforts switching from a waterfall deployment schedule to an Agile Scrum methodology, greatly improving release efficiency.- Adapted Coupa SaaS platform to fit Caterpillar's purchasing processes globally with 1 system. - Integrated a real-time API from Coupa to internal systems, enabling tax and AP rules to scale; notably in diverse tax environments such as India. This automation eliminated manual approvals for over 100,000 invoices per year.- Achieved a 30% reduction in incident tickets and increased invoice integration rates to 99.9%. Reduced MTTR and increased first time rate.- Led several smaller-scale Salesforce deployments for targeted efforts such as coordinating with brokers during the global chip shortage, which greatly impacted Caterpillar’s supply chain. -
Systems Development EngineerCaterpillar Inc. Jun 2018 - May 2020Peoria, Illinois- Developed and integrated Coupa’s SaaS platform for global use, ensuring seamless connections to over 10 enterprise systems, managing over $4B in annual spend. - Implemented automation of 40+ regression scripts, enhancing the efficiency and reliability of system updates and integration testing.- Coordinated with global teams across multiple locations to conduct thorough integration testing cycles, resulting in a consistent user experience and significantly reducing post-deployment issues.- Developed and maintained vending machine software hosted on-premises across Caterpillar facilities, ensuring high availability, 0 vulnerabilities, and operational efficiency through effective database management and feature implementation using Java and Oracle DB hosted on Windows servers and Windows POS machines. -
Undergraduate InstructorIndiana University School Of Informatics And Computing Jan 2016 - May 2018In this job I helped teach and manage over 200 students for a programming class. Part of my duties were to help students with their homework, lecture, and lab work if they had difficulties. I was also asked to grade tests and homework for 2 groups of students with 3 group members each.
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Crew WorkerPenn Station East Coast Subs Aug 2013 - Dec 2015Greenwood, IndianaIn this job I was asked to cook food for the nearly 1000 customers that would come in per day. I also cleaned the restaurant and attended to customers in the most pleasant manner possible. This restaurant was named the #1 Penn Station in the country in terms of food quality, customer service, and cleanliness and my coworkers and I made this happen.
Austin Mclaughlin Education Details
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Informatics And Computing -
Center Grove High School
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