Jon Gross
Engineering Director
- Role
- Director, Software Engineering at F5
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jon Gross
I’m an engineering leader with nearly 30 years of experience across startups and mid-sized technology companies. Over the years, my career has taken me from technical writing and software engineering to leading globally distributed teams and directing large-scale initiatives across diverse technology stacks.My expertise covers software integration, firewalling, network troubleshooting, DevOps, CI/CD, and complex web-based application architectures. What I enjoy most is building and mentoring high-performing teams—helping individuals grow while aligning organizations to deliver meaningful results.I lead with a human-first approach, combining technical depth with practical problem-solving and a bias toward action. Whether scaling systems, solving complex technical challenges, or guiding teams through ambiguity, I focus on creating environments where people can do their best work and businesses can thrive. Technical Specialties: firewalling, network security, data mining, XML, JSON, Lua, Ruby, Rails, web services, API design, architecture and design of complex web based tools, nodejs, react, rust
Experience
Director, Software Engineering
Oct 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Education
The Evergreen State College
BS, marine/human biology
1993 — 1995
Northeastern University
Marine Studies
2001 — 2002
Skills
- C++
- Security
- Unix
- Ruby
- Mysql
- Xml
- Load Balancing
- Firewalls
- Software Development
- Javascript
- C
- Programming
- Ssl
- Tcp
- Network Security
- Web Services
- Integration
- Linux
- Perl
- Embedded Systems
- Php
- Ruby on Rails
- Tcp/Ip
- Switches
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