Jesse Patoka
Software Development Manager at Trek Bicycle
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolJesse Patoka is a software development manager with over 17 years of retail e-commerce experience, currently leading WebTech backend operations at Trek Bicycle where he combines hands-on engineering with strategic operational improvements. He transitioned from a long tenure as a full-stack .NET engineer at Kohl’s to backend Java/SAP Commerce (Hybris) specialization, and now focuses on release stability, support excellence, and developer growth. Jesse is a player-coach who stays close to code—implementing CI/CD, code coverage gates, search relevance tuning, and asynchronous order flows—while mentoring teams through quarterly planning and performance coaching. He has driven measurable impact like halving hotfix frequency, sustaining perfect internal support satisfaction, and operationalizing a Release Coordinator role across dozens of releases per quarter. An early proponent of AI-assisted engineering, he orchestrates vendor coaching and practical Copilot/chatbot adoption to boost developer productivity and operational automation. Based in Menomonee Falls, WI, he blends pragmatic technical problem solving with strong process and people leadership in complex retail systems.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Information Systems - Development, Bachelor Information Systems - Development at University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireGithub contributions (3)
JessePatoka/pwa-testing
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:6 pushes in 28 days
JessePatoka/Checkers
Dec 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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