DevOps Engineer

Merlin Labs

DevOps Engineer responsible for automating CI/CD pipelines and maintaining testing infrastructure for aerospace startup. Collaborating with flight software engineers and improving deployment automation.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureChefCloudDockerEC2JenkinsLinuxPuppetPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and improve CI/CD pipelines across multiple interdependent systems using GitHub Actions
Design and maintain test automation frameworks for software that targets physical hardware
Automate software packaging and deployment to test systems, bench hardware, and flight test aircraft using Docker, Debian packaging, Ansible, and JFrog Artifactory
Maintain and operate JFrog Artifactory repositories, including promotion pipelines, access control, and CLI tooling for downstream consumers
Work with flight software engineers, test pilots, and IT to ensure tooling and infrastructure support development through flight test
Identify bottlenecks in the development and release process, propose solutions, and implement them

Requirements

What you’ll need

1–3 years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability, or a related role
Strong experience with CI/CD platforms — GitHub Actions preferred; Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI also acceptable
Experience designing and building test pipelines — writing test jobs, managing test fixtures, interpreting and acting on failures
Solid experience with Linux system administration (Ubuntu preferred)
Proficiency with Docker for building, publishing, and deploying container images
Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash
Comfortable with Git workflows — branching strategies, tagging, release management
Familiarity with artifact repositories — JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, or similar package/container registries
Working experience with AWS (EC2, IAM, S3, ECR) and Microsoft Azure — AWS is our primary cloud for engineering infrastructure; both platforms are part of the day-to-day job
Experience with configuration management tools — Ansible preferred; Chef, Puppet, or similar also acceptable
Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work independently
Excellent communication and documentation skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

health, dental, life, unlimited vacation, and 401k with match
catered lunches featuring a rotating menu of delicious options
assortment of snacks to keep you fueled throughout the day
selection of beverages, including coffee, tea, and other drinks, to keep you refreshed
professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

CI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsGitLab CICircleCILinux system administrationDockerPythonBashAnsible

Soft Skills

problem-solvingattention to detailindependencecommunicationdocumentation