JJ Ferman
Director Of Software Engineering at KnowBe4
Greater Tampa Bay Area United States
Summary
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SeniorJJ Ferman is a Director of Software Engineering with a decade of experience building and scaling product teams and systems across edtech, marketing, and security SaaS. Currently leading engineering at KnowBe4 after architecting solutions at Studio III Marketing and contributing to Age of Learning and TruthMD, he blends hands-on development with strategic leadership to deliver reliable, user-focused software. He has a practical background that ranges from individual contributor roles to directing cross-functional engineering efforts, with an emphasis on secure, maintainable architectures. Based in the Greater Tampa Bay Area, JJ brings an operator’s mindset shaped by earlier roles outside tech, including several years in security, which inform his focus on risk-aware engineering. Colleagues describe him as a builder who favors pragmatic solutions and continuous improvement over flashy technical debt. He’s motivated by the idea of “changing the world, one line of code at a time,” translating that ethos into measurable product and team outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (78)
async9
compile-time9
python9
user-interface9
compile9
tkinter9
rust8
stripe-api8
sql8
sdk8
mws8
middleware8
lambda8
postgresql8
stripe8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
fermanjj/aws-lambda-rust-runtime
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
A Rust runtime for AWS Lambda
Contributions:3 pushes in 2 years 7 months
rustserverlessaws-lambdaruntimeaws
fermanjj/App-Store-Scraper
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:37 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 months
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