Worked on the Opentrons/opentrons repository to enhance CI/CD efficiency and standardize labware data handling. Migrated the Protocol Designer’s CI workflow to Ubuntu 24.04, reduced job timeouts, and refactored setup steps into reusable GitHub Actions, streamlining build processes and improving maintainability. Centralized labware definition loading by updating import paths and introducing a dedicated load_definition function, ensuring consistency across code and tests. Focused on backend development and testing using Python, Bash, and YAML, the work established a scalable foundation for labware data management, accelerated release cycles, and simplified onboarding for future contributors by promoting cross-repository consistency and reusable CI artifacts.