Jordan Mance
Distinguished Engineer at Upstart
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJordan Mance is a Staff Software Engineer and tech lead with nine years of focused experience building secure, scalable infrastructure and secrets management for distributed systems. Currently at Zendesk, he architects a globally distributed secrets platform and is the creator of Figgy, an AWS-focused configuration and secret management tool that reflects his emphasis on automation and developer-friendly security. His career spans leadership roles in DevOps and DevSecOps at companies like Snagajob and Geocent, where he drove operational efficiency without sacrificing safety. Jordan combines hands-on engineering with team-building, preferring high-performing, candid teams that prioritize craft and continuous improvement. Based in Asheville, NC, he pairs an uncommon academic background in religious studies with an MS in software engineering—a blend that informs his thoughtful approach to systems design and stakeholder collaboration. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic, inventive, and committed to making secure development feel effortless.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Software Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.) Software Engineering at College of Charleston
Github Skills (80)
terraform10
vault10
py2exe10
py2app10
package10
pyinstaller10
terraform-provider10
secrets-manager10
aws10
bundle9
secrets9
lambda9
python9
http9
http-client9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
figtools/figgy.docs
Jun 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 113 pushes in 1 year 4 months
mancej/figgy-deployments
Jul 2020 - Dec 2022
Cloud native config management.
Contributions:61 pushes in 2 years 5 months
boshpcfhybrid-cloudcloudnativecloud-foundry
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