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Lead AI Data Loop and Release Engineer - Merlin Labs
Software Engineer
Lead AI Data Loop and Release Engineer driving end‑to‑end deployment of next‑gen AI models for autonomous aerospace systems, building robust data pipelines, simulation environments, and release infrastructure on cloud platforms.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Design and maintain scalable data pipelines for AI model training, validation, and simulation.
- Implement CI/CD workflows for model versioning, containerization, and automated deployment to Kubernetes clusters.
- Collaborate with research and flight teams to integrate new models into flight‑ready releases.
- Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance across all stages of the AI lifecycle.
- Monitor model performance in production, orchestrate rollbacks, and drive continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in ML Ops or AI release engineering.
- Proficiency with Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud services (AWS preferred).
- Strong background in CI/CD tooling (Git, Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc.).
- Experience with large‑scale data ingestion and simulation frameworks.
- Excellent problem‑solving skills and a passion for autonomous systems.
Skills
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