Emerging Technology Engineer

Job Summary 

Grande Fond du Lac is seeking our next Emerging Technology Engineer! In this role, you will partner closely with our Business Technology teams to design, develop, enhance, and support solutions across Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and other Enterprise applications. You will play a key role in delivering innovative business solutions, managing projects through the software development lifecycle, and helping to implement emerging technologies including automation, cloud-based services, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to improve business operations.

As a member of our Business Technology team, you will provide application support, troubleshoot complex issues, participate in solution design and code reviews, and ensure high-quality, scalable deployments through Agile and DevOps best practices. This position offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams, influence technology strategy, and continuously expand your expertise in Dynamics 365, Power Apps, Power Automate, Logic Apps, and other modern business technologies while making a meaningful impact on Grande's growth and success.

Why Grande?

With more than 80 years of crafting “The Finest Italian Cheeses Money Can Buy”, Grande is a leader in the industry! Whether partnering with independent pizzerias from coast-to-coast to ensure they’re delivering the very best pizza to their customers or assisting our food manufacturing partners in delivering specialty whey ingredient solutions, our commitment to quality can’t be matched. While Grande’s reputation of excellence in the market is important, we believe our commitment to our workplace and community culture is of equal merit – our Associates come first at Grande. To complement our industry-leading benefits, Grande puts an emphasis on your career growth opportunities, while always promoting a positive work/life balance and supporting the communities in which we live and work. If you want to learn more about our company – what we do and how we go about it – or learn more about our beautiful, state-of-the-art corporate headquarters, visit www.grande.com. 

Did we convince you yet? If not check out our unique benefits:

• Low-cost onsite clinics.
• Free onsite fitness center.
• Free healthy snacks throughout facility.
• Health and wellness reimbursement program.
• Associate cheese purchasing program.
• Two-year mentorship program.
• Relaxation rooms (based on location).
• Coffee and gelato bar (based on location).
• State of the art corporate building: https://www.grande.com/careers/#office
• Paid Parental Leave

Why Fond du Lac?

In Fond du Lac (FDL) you get the full four-season experience – warm in the summer with highs reaching into the 80s and plenty of sunshine for golf, biking, camping and live music under the open sky, and brisk air in the winter with average temps in the 20s and ample snow for snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, ice fishing and winter festivals. The greater FDL area (population 43,000) is easy to get around and roughly an hour drive to almost all major metros in the state (Milwaukee, Madison and Fox Cities/Green Bay). We’ve been rated “Top 100” in job growth among small U.S. metro areas. Additionally, our cost of living is 4% below the national average and you’ll pay 21% less for housing, rent and property taxes compared to the rest of the country. From wonderful educational partners (public and private K12 schools and three local colleges/universities), a plethora of things to do/see, and a vibrant business and commerce community…learn more about how you can call Fond du Lac, HOME!

What you need to be considered for the role:

• 4 Year / Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field required. An equivalent level of experience may be considered.
• Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years relevant experience in the development, maintenance and support of business applications; or
• Associate’s degree and five (5) years relevant experience in the development, maintenance and support of business applications required.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining and supporting vendor provided business applications.
• Demonstrated aptitude to lead small to mid-size projects.
• Proficient with Microsoft development tools (Visual Studio, VSCode, DevOps, SSIS), frameworks (.NET Core, C#, Etc.). Some proficiency with Azure Cloud PaaS services (AppService, Azure SQL, PowerApps, PowerAutomate, etc.). Basic exposure to Microsoft SaaS offerings including but not limited to Microsoft Dynamics D365(FnO &CRM) is beneficial.