Jake Farrell
About Jake Farrell
Jake Farrell is a Senior Director of Engineering with extensive experience in cloud environments and scalable backend infrastructure systems. He currently holds multiple leadership roles at The Apache Software Foundation and Acquia, where he has contributed to various open source projects since 2011.
Current Role at Acquia
Jake Farrell serves as the Senior Director of Engineering at Acquia, a position he has held since 2019. He is responsible for overseeing engineering operations and leading teams to develop scalable software solutions. Additionally, he has been with Acquia since 2013, contributing as a Principal Software Engineer and Manager, where he has focused on cloud environments and backend infrastructure systems.
Experience at The Apache Software Foundation
Jake Farrell has been actively involved with The Apache Software Foundation since 2011. He holds the position of Vice President for both the Apache Aurora and Apache Thrift projects, roles he has maintained since 2016 and 2013, respectively. He also serves as a member of the foundation since 2014 and chairs the project management committee for Apache Thrift, guiding its development and community engagement.
Previous Employment History
Before his current roles, Jake Farrell worked at ONEsite as a Senior Software Engineer from 2009 to 2012 and later served as Chief Technology Officer from 2012 to 2013. He also gained experience as a Software Engineer at Amperion from 2005 to 2007. His diverse background in software engineering has contributed to his expertise in various technologies and programming languages.
Education and Technical Expertise
Jake Farrell earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University at Buffalo, studying from 2000 to 2004. He specializes in a wide range of programming languages and technologies, including C, C++, Go, Java, Ruby, Objective-C, PHP, Python, AWS, NoSQL, and distributed systems. His technical expertise supports his advocacy for open source software and contributions to projects like Apache Thrift, Cassandra, and others.
Contributions to Open Source Projects
Jake Farrell actively contributes to several open source projects, including Apache Thrift, Cassandra, Hadoop, Hive, Elasticsearch, and Cloud Foundry. His work emphasizes his commitment to the open source community, where he advocates for collaborative software development and shares his expertise in scalable backend systems and cloud environments.