Applied Innovation Engineer - AI-Driven Farm Apps

Central Valley Ag; York (NE); Remote; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Valley Ag in York, Nebraska seeks an Applied Innovation Engineer to build, deploy, and support custom business applications such as RouteForge and Gravis, plus grower portal tools. This is an end-to-end role involving user interviews, design, coding, production deployment, and ongoing support.

You will leverage AI-assisted development, review generated outputs rigorously, and collaborate with CVA staff to deliver reliable software across ERP and cloud integrations.

Qualifications

• Three or more years building and supporting business software in a professional environment.
• Experience with relational databases and SQL; design, queries, and troubleshooting on real data.
• Cloud fundamentals including AWS and/or Microsoft Azure; deployment and monitoring.
• API and file-based integrations; strong debugging and problem-solving ability.
• Clear written and verbal communication with non-technical users.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy custom business applications and integrations.
• Collaborate with CVA employees, location staff, and growers to translate problems into working software.
• Own features end-to-end from intake through production and support.
• Deploy and monitor production; diagnose and resolve issues.
• Integrate applications with CVA's ERP, Microsoft 365, cloud services, vendor APIs.
• Review AI-generated code and ensure quality to the same standard as hand-written code.

Skills

Relational databases & SQL

Cloud fundamentals (AWS/Azure)

API & data integration

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in technology-related field

Job description

Central Valley Ag in York, Nebraska seeks an Applied Innovation Engineer to build, deploy, and support custom business applications such as RouteForge and Gravis, plus grower portal tools. This is an end-to-end role involving user interviews, design, coding, production deployment, and ongoing support.

You will leverage AI-assisted development, review generated outputs rigorously, and collaborate with CVA staff to deliver reliable software across ERP and cloud integrations.