Applied Innovation Engineer - York, NE

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

Job summary

Central Valley Ag Cooperative in Iowa City seeks 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: you talk to users, design and write software, put it into production, and stand behind it in operations. AI-assisted development and rigorous code review are standard here, with strong emphasis on quality and reliability.

Qualifications

• Design, develop, test, and deploy custom business applications, APIs, and integrations.
• Collaborate with CVA employees, location staff, and growers to understand a problem, and translate it into working software.
• Deploy and release software; monitor applications in production; 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, tests, and configuration to the same standard as your own work.
• Help the Applied Innovation Analyst build the material that lets the support organization carry routine support.
• Participate in code review and uphold the team's practices for version control, testing, and release management.
• Provide initial support for the applications you build; evaluate tools, platforms, and approaches, and recommend them with reasoning.

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.
• Deploy and release software; monitor applications in production; 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, tests, and configuration to the same standard as your own work.
• Help the Applied Innovation Analyst build the material that lets the support organization carry routine support.

Skills

API integration

SQL & database design

Cloud deployment (AWS/Azure)

AI-assisted development

Code review & testing

Software troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / CIS / MIS

Tools

AWS

Azure

ERP integration

Job description

PURPOSE The Applied Innovation Engineer builds, deploys, and supports the custom business applications that Central Valley Ag runs on — products such as RouteForge and Gravis, the grower portal, and the applications that follow them. This is an end-to-end role: the Engineer talks to the people who will use the software, designs and writes it, puts it into production, and stands behind it once it is there.

AI-assisted development is a normal part of how work gets done here, and the Engineer is expected to use it well and to review what it produces with the same rigor applied to hand‑written code.

• 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.
• Deploy and release software; monitor applications in production; 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, tests, and configuration to the same standard as your own work.
• Help the Applied Innovation Analyst build the material that lets the support organization carry routine support.
• Participate in code review and uphold the team's practices for version control, testing, and release management.
• Provide initial support for the applications you build; evaluate tools, platforms, and approaches, and recommend them with reasoning.
• All work product created in the course of employment with Central Valley Ag Cooperative — including software, source code, applications, integrations, data models, reports, documentation, designs, processes, analyses, inventions, and any other developments, whether created during or outside normal working hours and whether or not created using CVA equipment — is the sole and exclusive property of Central Valley Ag Cooperative.

Three or more years building and supporting business software in a professional environment.

• Relational databases and SQL: schema design, query writing, and troubleshooting against real data.
• Cloud fundamentals: deploying and hosting an application, authentication, secrets, logging, and monitoring (AWS and/or Microsoft Azure).
• System and data integration through APIs and file interfaces.
• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field such as computer science, computer information systems, or management information systems.
• Working fluency with AI-assisted development — coding agents and assistants, and the judgment to review what they produce. Strong engineers without this experience who are eager to adopt it will be considered.
• Mobile or field-facing application experience.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Use hands and fingers with dexterity to operate a computer keyboard and mouse.
• Occasionally lift and transport computer equipment and peripherals.
• Be available for occasional after-hours work in support of deployments and production issues.
• This position may be based at any Central Valley Ag location or worked remotely. Periodic travel to CVA locations is expected to observe the work the software supports, and for team meetings.

EOE race/color/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/disability/veteran

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