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Dakota Hoch has a diverse work experience in software engineering and development. They started their career as a Software Developer Intern at Hagerty (U.S.) in 2015. After that, they worked as a Technology Help Desk at Northwestern Michigan College, assisting students and faculty with technology problems and working on various NMC websites. In 2015, Dakota became a Software Developer at Inforth Technologies, followed by a role as a Cofounder at Gray Day Games, where they led the development, testing, and release of a mobile game using the Unity game engine and C#. They then joined InfoGeographics, Inc. as a Software Developer, creating custom applications incorporating GIS and developing a mobile application with the Xamarin framework. Dakota later became a Software Engineer at Salamander, collaborating with colleagues to develop web and mobile applications using AngularJS, ASP.NET, and Xamarin. Their most recent role is as a Software Engineer at FM:Systems, where they work on the Resource Scheduler Core product team, utilizing technologies like VueJS and .NET.

Dakota Hoch's education history began in 2000 when they attended Kingsley High School and obtained a High School Diploma with a focus on General Studies in 2012. They then pursued higher education at Northwestern Michigan College from 2012 to 2015, earning an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Computer Software Engineering. From 2016 to 2020, Dakota attended Ferris State University, majoring in Computer Information Systems. In July 2020, Dakota obtained a certification as an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS).