Dynamics Software Developer

Develop new and support existing applications used by Bright Horizons internal users as well Bright Horizons external clients and client employees. Through a variety of means, the Software Developer will translate business and technical requirements into business systems.

Bright Horizons is a leading education and care company that helps employees thrive at work and at home by partnering with employers to offer high-quality child care, elder care, and educational support. Our workplace reflects this commitment—collaborative environments, meaningful benefits, and a culture that supports both career growth and personal well-being. Whether you're caring for children or powering the systems and partnerships that make it all possible, at Bright Horizons,
you're the difference
.

This is a hybrid role in our Newton, MA office.

• Design system enhancements and business process changes geared to drive best practices that improve efficiency of staff, accuracy of results, and usefulness of data.

• Critically evaluate business requirements, providing alternative solutions where applicable.

• Work in conjunction with outside vendors in a shared development environment.

• Work with Application Support, QA, and development to support application issues, changes and modifications.

• Proactively identify ways in which system and process changes can improve efficiency of key users, customer service, accuracy of results, and/or completeness of data.

• Act as a change agent to help ensure that the newly implemented system/process enhances the success of the project and increases the project's chance of meeting the business needs.

• Provide updates and feedback to manager on progress of development.

• Provide details to project manager and project team regarding updates, schedules and issues.

• Deliver engaging, informative, well-organized presentations that are effectively tailored to the intended audience.

• Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion.

• Consistently acknowledge and appreciate each team member's contributions.

• Work with others from different organizations from several.

• Ability to exercise sound judgment to meet deadlines and prioritize projects and tasks.

• Able to work with minimum supervision, but, when necessary, consult with the senior management of IT and lines of business for direction and/or clarity.

• Works closely with internal users, IT Development Resources, IT and Business Line of Business Management.

• The Developer must be able to perform job functions with minimal oversight from management.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. 3+ additional years of experience would be considered in lieu of the applicable degree.

• 3+ years of related work experience in .net web application development and/or Microsoft dynamics development using Plugins, Power automate, JavaScript, etc.

• Strong communication skills are essential. Individual must be comfortable working with a variety of user groups at all levels within the organization.

• Strong analytical skills and critical thinking to analyze problems, document needs and communicate these needs to a variety of audiences.

• The individual must have a proven ability to understand business requirements in a variety of functional areas and the flexibility to adapt to new and changing information.

• Ability to prioritize and manage many competing priorities and thrive in a fast paced environment.

• Ability to work in a virtual collaborative environment.

• Experience developing in D365 using configuration, customizations, Java script, Plugins, Power Automate is required.

• ASP.Net MVC framework experience is preferred.

• Well versed in writing clean HTML, CSS, JavaScript. jQuery experience is a plus.

• Skilled in using Microsoft SQL Server. Writing optimized SQL and following best practices for relational databases.

• Entity framework experience is a plus.

• Experience with maintaining and improving to an existing codebase, focusing on improving performance, scalability and user experience.

• Experience supporting Dynamics based applications in L2/L3 support capacity preferred.

• Familiar with Scrum / Agile…