Shane Mclaughlin
Platform Demo Engineer
Cypress, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShane Mclaughlin is a Platform Demo Engineer and seasoned developer with 11 years of experience blending product storytelling with hands-on engineering at Salesforce. A self-described entrepreneur and geek, he specializes in front-end technologies (CSS/JS/HTML, AngularJS, Aura/Lightning) and IoT, while also contributing significant back-end and automation work to popular open-source projects like oclif and isomorphic-git. He’s proven at shipping developer tools and reliable build/deploy pipelines—automating Debian/installer packaging and AWS/S3 releases—and has driven core enhancements to the jsforce Salesforce API. Comfortable leading cross-functional teams and tackling finance, marketing, and strategy, Shane brings a rare mix of business acumen from an MBA and deep technical craftsmanship. Based in Cypress, Texas, he still quietly enjoys building developer tooling that makes other engineers’ lives easier.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Finance, MBA, Finance at University of HoustonMBA, Finance, General, MBA, Finance, General at University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business
Github Skills (27)
git10
javascript10
testing10
typescript10
cicd10
automation10
aws10
amazon-s310
typescript-types10
aws-s310
nodejs10
automations10
typescripts10
salesforce10
cli10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
oclif/oclif
May 2021 - Dec 2022
CLI for generating, building, and releasing oclif CLIs. Built by Salesforce.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:40 reviews, 41 commits, 63 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Shane primarily worked on enhancing the command-line interface (CLI) for the `oclif/oclif` repository, focusing on promoting and distributing CLI builds. Contributions include implementing caching mechanisms, adding features for index file generation, and integrating build processes to publish Debian packages and installer packages. They also automated the build, packaging, and deployment of the CLI tool, demonstrating experience with AWS and S3, and ensuring efficient releases.
clioclifsalesforcenodejstypescript
jsforce/jsforce
Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
Salesforce API Library for JavaScript applications (both on Node.js and web browser)
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:34 reviews, 42 commits, 35 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Shane primarily contributed to the `jsforce` project, a Salesforce API library for JavaScript applications. Their commits involved various code modifications, including the implementation of new features like metadata REST deploy, fixing bugs related to autofetch queries, and addressing type errors in TypeScript. The user's work also included improving the testing infrastructure and updating linting configurations, indicating a focus on code quality and maintainability.
javascriptnodejssalesforce-apisalesforcejsforce
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