Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Corteva Agriscience

Software Engineer providing production-quality solutions as a Forward Deployed Engineer at Corteva Agriscience. Collaborating with teams to build end-to-end software solutions with agentic AI components.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeDes Moines • Iowa • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with Sr. Forward Deployed Engineers to deliver solutions to the business while learning the critical aspects to operate independently as a FDE.
Embed with a business function as their forward-deployed partner.
Build genuine fluency in their workflows, edge cases, and judgment calls — the things no spec captures.
Frame the problem before reaching for a solution.
Identify highest-leverage opportunities, set measurable baselines, and align on success before writing code.
Build the right solution end-to-end: full-stack apps, services, integrations, pipelines, automations.
Ship to production and stay engaged as a long-term partner.
Promote common needs into Corteva’s shared platform.
Help shape the FDE practice itself — recruiting bar, engagement playbooks, technical standards, and mentorship.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Track record of shipping production software end-to-end.
Full-stack range across front-end, back-end, APIs, data, and cloud.
Strong instincts on architecture and trade-offs; solid operational practices (observability, testing, CI/CD).
You build with agentic AI, not around it.
Hands-on building agentic components when warranted: modern LLMs, tool use, retrieval, multi-step workflows, evals, and guardrails.
Sharp judgment about when to use AI and when not to.
Prior experience as a Senior level engineer, Solutions Architect, or other senior level engineering role.
Background in agriculture, seed production, seed product development, biotechnology, or other broad scale enterprise G&A function.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills.
Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place.
Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment.
Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays.
Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father.
Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program.

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-stack developmentAPIscloud computingobservabilitytestingCI/CDagentic AImodern LLMsmulti-step workflowsautomations

Soft Skills

problem framingjudgmentmentorshipcollaborationengagement