Our mission
Sdui Group is one of Europe’s fastest-growing EdTech companies, founded in 2018 and now home to five brands with over 230 employees across multiple countries. Together, we build secure, scalable, and user-friendly digital solutions that make communication, collaboration, and learning in schools seamless.
This position sits within Pupil AG in St. Gallen, Switzerland - part of the Sdui Group. With around 50 passionate professionals, Pupil supports over 200 schools on their digital journey through its modern, cloud-based platform PUPIL.
Join us and help empower humans to transform education for a better tomorrow.
Your mission
As Senior DevOps Engineer, you’ll help shape the technical foundation that powers the Sdui Group’s products. You’ll evolve Pupil’s DevOps landscape, ensuring our systems remain secure, scalable, and reliable — so our development teams can focus on what matters most: building great software that transforms education.
You’ll also play a key role in connecting teams and practices across brands. By sharing expertise, aligning standards, and promoting collaboration, you’ll help establish a strong DevOps culture that drives innovation and operational excellence throughout the group.
What you’ll do
- Lead and evolve automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure standards across assigned brands and teams
- Ensure stability, scalability, and security of DevOps environments and delivery pipelines
- Define and implement group-wide DevOps best practices, balancing local autonomy with global alignment
- Establish reliable monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes
- Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to streamline delivery workflows
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring within DevOps teams, fostering knowledge sharing and growth
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in software delivery and operational efficiency
- Contribute actively to group-wide DevOps initiatives and cross-brand governance
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or related fields
- Proven leadership experience in technical or cross-functional projects
- Expertise in CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
- Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible)
- Familiarity with monitoring/logging frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
- Cloud expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Understanding of IT governance, compliance, and security practices
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on mindset and solution-oriented approach
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Fluency in both German and English, with the ability to work confidently in an international environment
- Nice to have: Experience with Post-Merger Integration (PMI) or multi-brand environments
Where you’ll be
This role can be remote from Germany or hybrid from our office in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Our Swiss team works together on site several days a week to stay closely aligned and foster collaboration — so if you’re based in Switzerland, you’ll join them in the office two to three days per week. Remote colleagues from Germany are invited to spend one week per quarter working from our St. Gallen office to connect with the team and experience our culture in person.
What we offer
- Purpose & Impact: Our group vision is to transform the everyday life of schools sustainably — Empower humans to transform education for a better tomorrow! Here, you’ll directly shape the future of education — one of society’s most essential pillars.
- Flexibility & Balance: Flexible working hours, hybrid work several days a week, and up to 7 weeks of vacation (5 weeks standard) give you the freedom to combine work and recovery in a way that suits you.
- Growth & Learning: Dedicated learning time, access to our learning platform, training opportunities, and language courses in German and English — continuously evolving.
- Culture & Collaboration: You love challenges, take ownership, and want to grow with us? Perfect! We value open communication, teamwork, and an environment where every person actively contributes.
- Equipment of Your Choice: You decide which devices and tools help you work best.
- Modern Environment & Well-being: Our spacious office offers room for focus and variety — whether it’s table tennis, darts, or foosball. Fresh fruit, free drinks, coffee, and tea keep you energized throughout the day.
- Team Spirit: Several times a year, we celebrate our successes and strengthen our bond through creative and fun team events.
Your contact
Maren Besand – Senior Talent Acquisition Manager
We’re excited to get to know you! The best way to apply is directly through our career portal.
