Remote AI-Driven Applications Engineer

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

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.