Summary
John Fertitta is a customer-focused software engineering leader with 15 years of experience building high-performing teams and impactful products across mobile, logistics, and enterprise domains. Currently Director of Engineering at Toast after leading distributed Enterprise R&D teams there, he has scaled orgs and systems at Wayfair for final-mile delivery and at Jana growing mobile products across multiple countries. He blends hands-on engineering (mobile, backend, full-stack) with strategic product collaboration, mentorship, and recruiting to turn ambiguous problems into measurable outcomes. Known for delivering complex redesigns and monetization strategies early in his career, he brings a pragmatic mix of data-informed decision making and operational rigor. Based in Massachusetts, he pairs academic grounding in computer science with a track record of shipping across Android, iOS, and distributed teams.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
UMass Lowell