diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f1a08d7587dc59736533c9c6955f05bb4cb301b8
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@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Pipeline config
+image: registry.gitlab.arm.com/tosa/tosa-serialization:prod
+
+stages:
+  - build
+  - test
+
+variables:
+  DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
+
+default:
+  tags:
+    - amd64
+
+# Jobs
+build-ser-lib:
+  stage: build
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - ./
+    expire_in: 1h
+  script: |
+
+    mkdir build
+    cd build
+    cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ ..
+
+    make -j $(nproc)
+
+run-gtest:
+  stage: test
+  needs: ["build-ser-lib"]
+  dependencies:
+    - build-ser-lib
+  variables:
+    GIT_STRATEGY: none
+  script: |
+    cd build
+    ctest
+
+run-npy-tests:
+  stage: test
+  needs: ["build-ser-lib"]
+  dependencies:
+    - build-ser-lib
+  variables:
+    GIT_STRATEGY: none
+  script: |
+    python test/scripts/test_npy_fileio.py
+
+run-pytests:
+  stage: test
+  needs: ["build-ser-lib"]
+  dependencies:
+    - build-ser-lib
+  variables:
+    GIT_STRATEGY: none
+  script: |
+    pytest
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ea017ecf500e7885840016cb52452e2bb7ce5e37
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+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt install -y \
+    git\
+    wget\
+    clang\
+    cmake\
+    clang-18\
+    libssl-dev\
+    zlib1g-dev\
+    libbz2-dev\
+    libreadline-dev\
+    libsqlite3-dev\
+    libffi-dev\
+    liblzma-dev\
+    tk-dev\
+    libgdbm-dev\
+    libncursesw5-dev\
+    xz-utils\
+    uuid-dev
+
+# Set up Python
+RUN git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git .pyenv
+ENV PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
+ENV PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH
+RUN pyenv install 3.12.3 &&\
+    pyenv global 3.12.3 &&\
+    pyenv rehash
+
+# Point clang to clang-18
+RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang clang /usr/bin/clang-18 100 &&\
+    update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang++ clang++ /usr/bin/clang++-18 100
+
+COPY requirements_dev.txt .
+RUN pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
+CMD [ "/bin/bash" ]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 967c3500c5f78cb336c8d6665e0242a6e209bb7c..b7e4870d68455fa953d1441ea655421edb93f61c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,14 +20,10 @@ For Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC)
 * MSVC build tools (tested with 19.41.34123.0)
 
 ##### Install Additional pip Packages (for unit tests)
-* flatbuffers (tested with 23.5.26)
-* numpy (tested with 2.1.1)
-* ml_dtypes (tested with 0.5.0)
-* pytest (tested with 8.3.3)
 
 Any platform
 ```bash
-pip install flatbuffers==23.5.26 numpy==2.1.1 ml_dtypes==0.5.0 pytest==8.3.3
+pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
 ```
 
 # Compilation
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e872df8791911084b7bf7691aadaba9aad16579b
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+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
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+flatbuffers==24.3.25
+numpy==2.1.1
+ml_dtypes==0.5.0
+pytest==8.3.3
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