James Naftel
Senior Engineering Manager at FalconX
Suwanee, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Naftel is a senior engineering manager based in Suwanee, Georgia, with nine years in hands-on leadership roles building secure, scalable trading and cloud systems. He currently leads OTC derivatives and trading tools at FalconX, having previously launched a startup-like product internally and driven cross-team platform and security initiatives. James blends deep technical experience in backend systems (Go, Python, Java), cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes), and CI/CD optimizations with a proven track record of cost and performance improvements. He has led security programs and championed secure development practices at scale, reducing vulnerabilities and shaping incident response and audit processes. Known for turning small agile teams into high-impact units, he also architects practical solutions—like test-acceleration plugins that cut test times by up to 80%—to speed delivery. His background spans enterprise product strategy through to low-level engineering, giving him a rare combination of product sensibility and operational rigor.
9 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Georgia State University
Github Skills (83)
go-modules10
programming-language10
interpreter10
launchpad10
golang10
proxy-server10
go10
go-client9
athens9
minio9
goproxy9
compiler9
aws-signature9
minio-client9
stash9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jamesnaftel/dotfiles
Nov 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:92 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
jamesnaftel/demo-server
Mar 2019 - Nov 2021
Contributions:239 PRs, 493 pushes, 242 branches in 2 years 8 months
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