DevOps - Remote (Only Mexico)

Orioninnovation; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Orioninnovation is seeking an embedded software build specialist for a remote role based in Mexico. You will maintain and improve the build system used by engineering teams to support a large, multi-platform codebase.

You will focus on reliability, usability, and performance, design, build, analyze, and refactor components, and work with cross-disciplinary teams through a Git-based CI workflow. Advanced English is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with Yocto or OpenEmbedded, recipes and layers.
• Strong cross-compilation and toolchain knowledge.
• Familiarity with embedded Linux on ARM SoCs.
• Proficient with Git, PRs, and CI in large multi-platform codebases.
• Advanced English proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, analyze, and refactor components of the embedded build system.
• Maintain Yocto/OpenEmbedded libraries and upgrades.
• Patch external libraries for Yocto maintenance releases.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, and release engineers via Git-based CI.

Skills

Yocto/OpenEmbedded

Cross-compilation

Embedded Linux (ARM)

Git & CI workflows

English proficiency

Tools

Git

Jenkins

GitHub

CI/CD

Job description

Role overview

Maintain and improve the embedded software build system used by engineering teams to develop connected products. This remote role is based in Mexico and focuses on the reliability, usability, and performance of a system that supports a large, multi-platform codebase.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, analyze, improve, and refactor components of the embedded software build system.
• Maintain third-party library upgrades associated with Yocto long-term support releases.
• Patch external libraries when needed for Yocto maintenance releases.
• Work with software, hardware, and release engineering colleagues through a Git-based review and continuous integration workflow.

Requirements

• Strong experience with Yocto or OpenEmbedded, including writing and maintaining recipes, managing layers, and performing version upgrades.
• Solid understanding of cross-compilation and toolchain concepts.
• Familiarity with embedded Linux across multiple ARM system-on-chip platforms.
• Comfort working with Git, pull requests, and continuous integration in a large, multi-platform codebase.
• Advanced English proficiency.

Nice to have

• Experience maintaining Linux kernel builds and out-of-tree kernel modules.
• Experience setting up or maintaining Jenkins and GitHub infrastructure for CI/CD.
• Familiarity with Python scripting for build automation.
• Basic understanding of binary hardening and ELF security properties.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote work from Mexico.