J Farr
Co-Founder & CTO at Jam & Tea Studios
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolJ Farr is a seasoned technology leader and Co-Founder & CTO of Jam & Tea Studios, currently launching Retail Mage, a multiplayer game powered by custom ML/AI systems. With 17 years of experience building games and cloud-native infrastructure, he previously led engineering at Singularity 6 (initial architect for Palia) and held senior engineering roles at Riot Games, where he re-architected global infrastructure and led cross-functional teams of 40+. An early open-source contributor and former Apache Software Foundation board member and treasurer, he brings deep community stewardship and practical OSS governance experience. His background spans startups to large studios, with hands-on expertise in streaming, DRM, devops, and scalable game backends. Based in Los Angeles, he combines product-focused engineering with investor-backed startup leadership (AWS GenAI Accelerator), and still speaks rusty Mandarin after a multi-year stint in Greater China. Outside work he’s a tabletop enthusiast, husband and father of two, reflecting a pragmatic blend of technical rigor and creative play.
17 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MBA International Business, MBA International Business at Point Park UniversityHempfield Area High SchoolBS Scientific Computing Asian Studies Economics, BS Scientific Computing Asian Studies Economics at University of Pittsburgh
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (31)
linux8
neovim6
html6
gpu6
box2d6
css6
jquery6
graphic6
canvas6
java6
algorithm6
javascript6
rust5
lua5
dcos5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
farra/apachecon-consite
Sep 2008 - Sep 2008
Contributions:5 commits in 1 day
sgerrand/radiant-conferences-extensions
Sep 2008 - Nov 2008
Contributions:9 commits in 1 month
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