About

Austin Ward is a skilled Software Engineer with a passion for hackathons and a strong background in data engineering and infrastructure. He is currently working at Klaviyo as a Software Engineer, where he is responsible for designing and implementing software solutions. Prior to his current role, Austin worked at Capital One in two different positions. As a Senior Associate Software Engineer, he led design discussions for Feature Platform’s orchestration system and automated scheduling and computation for over 400 features. He also removed a bottleneck in feature ingestion, providing end-users with near-real-time feature updates. Additionally, Austin accomplished feature progression across multiple staging environments by parallelizing feature state changes. As an Associate Data Engineer at Capital One, he developed a real-time clickstream data pipeline that handled 400 million events per day using Kafka, Zookeeper, and Flink. He also utilized Infrastructure as Code through CFTs to standardize components and automate the deployment of infrastructure via Jenkins. Austin earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Binghamton University in 2018 and completed his high school education at East Islip High School in 2014. He has 4.87 years of relevant experience in the field and is proficient in a variety of tech stacks, including Apache Airflow, data engineering, and infra. Austin is a driven individual who is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to expand his skill set. He is a natural problem solver, with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality work. With his strong background in software engineering and data engineering, Austin is well-equipped to take on complex projects and drive innovation in the field.