AI-Powered Applied Innovation Engineer

Central Valley Ag Cooperative; Kansas City (MO); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Valley Ag Cooperative is seeking an Applied Innovation Engineer to build, deploy, and support custom business applications such as RouteForge and Gravis, the grower portal, and related tools. This is an end-to-end role in a fast-moving team that leverages AI-assisted development with rigorous review of generated code and tests.

The engineer will design, develop, test, and deploy software, work with farmers and staff to translate needs into working solutions, and integrate with CVA's ERP,

Qualifications

• Three+ years building and supporting business software in a professional environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication with non-technical users.
• Experience with AI-assisted development and code review is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy custom business applications, APIs, and integrations.
• Work directly with CVA employees, location staff, and growers to understand a problem and translate it into working software.
• Own features end to end from intake through production and support.
• Deploy and release software; monitor production; diagnose and resolve issues.
• Integrate applications with CVA's ERP, Microsoft 365 and cloud services, vendor APIs, and other data sources.
• Use AI-assisted development to move quickly and review generated code and tests to the same standard as your own work.
• Write and maintain technical documentation and runbooks; help the Applied Innovation Analyst build material for support.
• Participate in code review and uphold version control, testing, and release practices.
• Provide initial support and escalate infrastructure, identity, and security matters as needed.
• Contribute to technical decisions; evaluate tools and approaches and recommend them with reasoning.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

TypeScript/JavaScript

C#

Python

SQL

AI-assisted development

APIs & Integrations

Cloud fundamentals (AWS/Azure)

Troubleshooting

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field

Tools

ERP integration experience

Job description

Central Valley Ag Cooperative is seeking an Applied Innovation Engineer to build, deploy, and support custom business applications such as RouteForge and Gravis, the grower portal, and related tools. This is an end-to-end role in a fast-moving team that leverages AI-assisted development with rigorous review of generated code and tests.

The engineer will design, develop, test, and deploy software, work with farmers and staff to translate needs into working solutions, and integrate with CVA's ERP,