Senior System Engineer

Our mission

Seven Education (formerly Sdui Group) develops a smart, AI‑powered platform that helps schools and educational institutions work more efficiently. Our products reduce administrative workload, improve communication and enable teachers, institutions, and decision-makers to focus on what matters most: learning, growth and people. As a European EdTech group with 350+ employees, we build intuitive and scalable solutions used widely across the education landscape. Every day, they help create clarity, streamline workflows and strengthen collaboration. We build with courage, ownership and meaningful collaboration - and we stay inspired by the real impact our products create for the people at the heart of education. Our ambition is clear: to become Europe’s leading EdTech brand. If you want to join that journey and grow with us, we would love to hear from you.

Your mission

As a Senior System Engineer , you will shape how software moves from code to production across Seven Education’s product portfolio. You will own and improve the delivery experience for engineering teams by making pipelines, deployments, and release processes faster, safer, and more reliable. In this role, you combine deep technical expertise with informal leadership to strengthen build and delivery engineering across the group.

What you’ll do

• Own and evolve CI pipelines across multiple product lines, with a focus on reliability, speed, and maintainability
• Manage the Seven Education GitHub organization, including repository structure, access control, branching strategies, code review workflows, and secrets management
• Design, maintain, and improve application deployment tooling, including Helm charts, GitOps workflows, and deployment pipelines
• Define and refine deployment standards such as environment promotion, rollback strategies, and release processes
• Improve build performance and reduce friction in the software delivery lifecycle
• Manage container image registries and support a reliable artifact lifecycle
• Partner closely with product engineering teams to shorten feedback loops and make deployments more predictable and repeatable
• Act as a trusted technical counterpart for build and delivery topics across the organization
• Support and grow the technical capability of the build engineering team through guidance, collaboration, and shared standards

What you’ll bring

• Several years of experience as a Systems Engineer or in a similar role focused on software delivery, build infrastructure, or platform engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub at organizational scale, including repository management, GitHub Actions, access policies, and secrets handling
• Strong experience designing, maintaining, and optimizing CI pipelines
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes application deployment, especially with Helm and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux
• Experience managing container registries and artifact pipelines
• A strong understanding of the full software delivery lifecycle, including branching models, environment management, and release coordination
• Confidence working across multiple teams and translating technical complexity into scalable, practical delivery standards
• A collaborative and enabling mindset, with the ability to support engineers and improve developer experience across product teams
• Experience with build performance optimization, such as caching, parallelization, or incremental pipelines, is helpful
• Experience consolidating workflows or repositories into a unified GitHub organization is a plus
• Interest in building self-service tooling for product engineers is welcome
• Professional working proficiency in English, with the ability to collaborate effectively in an international environment

Where you’ll be

This role is based in Hamburg, Berlin or Koblenz and works in a hybrid setup. You combine flexible remote work with regular onsite presence at one of our hubs, as personal exchange is an important part of how we collaborate, learn, and grow together. Being on site supports close cross-functional collaboration, strong alignment across the group, and a real connection to our culture.

What we offer

• Purpose & Social Impact: At Seven Education, you contribute to shaping the future of education in Europe and help improve the daily work of schools. You can take two paid days per year for volunteer activities.
• Flexibility & Modern Work: Flexible working hours, hybrid models, remote work and workations within the EU, Switzerland and the UK are part of how we work.
• Learning & Development: Dedicated learning time, access to learning platforms, language courses in German and English, and continuous development opportunities support your personal and professional growth.
• Team & Collaboration: You will work in a supportive, collaborative environment that values trust, openness and teamwork. A team-building budget is available for workshops and shared events.
• Ownership & Growth: You will have the opportunity to take responsibility, shape structures and grow with a company that combines a start-up mindset with the ambition to build a leading European software group.
• Time Off & Everyday Perks: 30 days of paid vacation, half-days off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, and dog-friendly offices.

Diversity Statement

At Seven Education, we believe that diversity drives innovation and inclusion strengthens collaboration.
We welcome people of all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives, because transforming education for a better tomorrow starts with equal opportunities today. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you.

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.