Joe Pikowski

Software Development Lead at Criteo

New York, New York, United States

About

Experience

  • Criteo (10 yrs 10 mos)
    • Software Development Lead
      Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

    • Senior Software Engineer
      Jan 2022 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering
      Sep 2019 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      • Manage five Solutions Engineers building custom integrations and tools • Develop and maintain a host of tools and utilities on internal infrastructure according to Criteo's CI/CD development practices • Build platform integrations with eCommerce, data management, audience, media and many other players in the adtech ecosystem

  • Sailthru ()
    • Manager, Support Engineering
      Aug 2014 - Nov 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos

      • Manage a global team of ten Support Engineers, serving over four hundred online publishing and eCommerce clients • Diagnose application code issues in PHP, Javascript and Java, working directly with developers to expedite resolution • Develop and maintain the team's collection of server-side scripts, diagnostic tools and test environments • Build homegrown platform integrations between Zendesk, Salesforce and JIRA to improve reporting, automation and case context

    • Senior Client Support Engineer
      Jan 2013 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos

      • Senior member of a Support Engineering team that serves as the main escalation point and owners of all technical issues for nearly 400 online publishing and eCommerce clients • Provide front-line support for a broad range of technical infrastructure, including API integration and troubleshooting (multiple libraries including PHP, Ruby, Javascript), database query building, regex, DNS troubleshooting, ad tag implementation and cachebusting (LiveIntent, DFP), and many other components of Sailthru's email and on-site digital marketing platform • Execute and advise on projects using Sailthru's proprietary coding language to implement complex content recommendation logic for clients • Regularly liaise with engineering team, often searching and reading product source code (PHP, Java, Javascript) to identify code issues and expedite resolution • Oversee the daily operations and scheduling of the support team, ensuring full coverage and prompt escalation of high priority issues. Act as an internal escalation point for the most complex cases. • Built a Node.js-based IRC bot with multiple features and API integrations (Zendesk, OpenVBX, Google APIs). Migrated a large number of tasks to a single point of interaction and implemented case monitoring, providing the team greater visibility into case volume and ensuring strict adherence to response SLAs

  • IT Request Management Consultant at XL Global Services
    Sep 2009 - Sep 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Oversaw IT Helpdesk issue resolution and ticket flow through various web applications; acted as a quality controller through frequent monitoring, report generation and end-user follow-up • Assisted in the development and implementation of a new electronic service request management tool for end users • Coordinated across IT segments to maintain issue escalation paths, proper routing practices and adherence to SLAs • Kept close contact with customers during time-sensitive issues; acted as interlocutor between requestors and resolvers