Summary
Jason Farmer is a senior software engineering leader with 12 years in engineering management and a creative foundation in fine arts and theatre that informs his visual, relational approach to building teams and products. Currently Senior Director of Software Engineering at Method, he leads a layered organization of associate directors and 20+ engineers, specializing in people-first servant leadership, rapid client rescues, and just-in-time hiring. He blends practical engineering craft (frontend JavaScript experience and API transformation leadership) with operational inventiveness—creating AI-driven hiring workflows and Farmer's Framework for Feedback used firm-wide. Known for translating empathy into structure, he launched career pathways like the Associate Director role, internal communities such as Bench Life, and hands-on training curricula for new managers. Outside work he remains an active contemporary artist, giving him a rare dual perspective that fuels creative problem solving and empathetic leadership.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Theatre and Drama, English, B.A., Theatre and Drama, English at Indiana University Bloomington
Zend Certified Engineer, PHP, Zend Certified Engineer, PHP at Zend | The PHP Company
University of California, Los Angeles
Post, Web Development, Post, Web Development at Santa Monica College
Pastoral Theology, Pastoral Theology at Loyola Marymount University
Portuguese, English