About Merlin:
Merlin is a venture backed aerospace startup building a non-human pilot to enable both reduced crew and uncrewed flight. Backed by some of the world’s leading investors, Merlin is scaling alongside our customers to begin leveraging autonomy today to solve some of aviation’s biggest challenges.
About You:
You are a passionate engineer with expertise in DevOps. You thrive in dynamic environments, working at the intersection of software development and IT. Your technical skills in cloud platforms, containerization, and automation tools are complemented by your ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. You excel at problem-solving, have strong scripting skills, and are familiar with modern DevOps practices. As a proactive and self-motivated individual, you effectively communicate complex technical concepts to various stakeholders. Your commitment to security, scalability, and reliability ensures efficient and secure systems. If you’re excited about innovative projects and driving digital transformation, you’re the perfect fit for our team.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure for machine learning and software applications.
- Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines to automate the deployment of software applications.
- Monitor and manage the performance, availability, and security of applications in production.
- Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to streamline the development and deployment process.
- Implement and manage containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) to ensure efficient resource utilization.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
- Ensure best practices for version control, testing, and documentation are followed.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, deployment, and performance.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies in DevOps.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps, ML Ops, Platform Engineering, or a related role
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native services
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools
- Proficiency in containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation
- Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
- Extensive experience with Linux and Windows environments
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, Powershell, or similar languages
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Nice to Have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Experience with software products that include a physical systems component, such as aircraft, robotics, or medical devices
- Experience working on software development processes for a regulated environment (aerospace, medical, automotive, etc.)
- Knowledge of networking and network security best practicesExperience as a traditional SysAdmin
Merlin Labs offers an innovative, entrepreneurial, and team-focused startup environment. We also offer a top-notch benefits package (health, dental, life, unlimited vacation, and 401k with match) and work/life integration. Being part of the Merlin team allows you to become part of a small team that supports professional development while working together to achieve our mission.
Merlin Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. All job offers are contingent upon the candidate passing background, export control and reference checks.
Merlin Labs does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.
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What We Do
All of the sky, none of the limits.
Merlin Labs is building the autonomous infrastructure for the sky above us, enabling goods, and eventually people, to fly without pilots.
The Merlin Labs team is building the definitive autonomy system for all things that fly. We’re creating sophisticated software and hardware that fulfill the functions of a human pilot.
