Founding Engineer, n8n Labs Full Time NEW

n8n is the open workflow orchestration platform built for the new era of AI. We give technical teams the freedom of code with the speed of no-code, so they can automate faster, smarter, and without limits. Backed by a fiercely inventive community and 500+ builder-approved integrations, we’re changing the way people bring systems together and scale ideas for impact.

Since our founding in 2019, we’ve grown into a diverse team of over 220 – working across Europe and the US, connected by a shared builder spirit and with our centre of gravity in Berlin. Along the way, we’ve:

• Cultivated a community of more than 650,000 active developers and builders
• Earned 145k+ GitHub stars, making us one of the world’s Top 40 most popular projects
• Been ranked as one of Europe’s most promising privately held SaaS startups (4th in Sifted’s 2025 B2B SaaS Rising 100)
• Raised $240m to date, from Sequoia’s first German seed to our recent $180m Series C – bringing us to a $2.5bn valuation

That’s the company we’ve built. Now we’d love to see what you can build. If you’re applying, try n8n out – whether you’re technical or not – and share a screenshot of your first workflow with us. The easiest place to start is here: app.n8n.cloud/register.

We’re in a defining moment of an incredible journey. Come and build with us.

🎯 Your main goal will be to meaningfully increase the probability that n8n wins in the AI-native future by rapidly identifying, validating, and building the next generation of AI-native products and experiences.

To do so, you’ll operate as part of a small, high-caliber skunkworks team focused on creating entirely new products from zero:

Explore the future of AI-powered work

• Continuously explore emerging shifts in AI interfaces, orchestration, agents, and autonomy through hands-on experimentation and ecosystem research.
• Stay deeply connected to the AI ecosystem through founder networks, user conversations, Product Hunt, Reddit, GitHub, X, events, and emerging tooling.
• Identify unmet needs and future opportunities that could shape n8n’s long-term product direction.

Build and launch 0→1 products

• Rapidly prototype, validate, and launch new AI-native product ideas with minimal support and high autonomy.
• Operate with a highly scrappy, execution-first mindset across product, design, engineering, and go-to-market.
• Pull in the right tooling, people, contractors, or external support when needed to move quickly and unblock progress.

Evaluate opportunities and shape strategic bets

• Use structured thinking, research, and experimentation to evaluate what n8n should invest in over the next 1–3 years.
• Validate ideas through user conversations, market signals, prototypes, and fast feedback loops rather than long planning cycles.
• Bring strong product intuition and reasoning to help leadership navigate ambiguity and emerging AI trends.

Shape strategic product bets for n8n

• Work closely with n8n’s founder and Product leadership to workshop ideas, evaluate opportunities, and pressure-test assumptions.
• Bring structured thinking, research, and experimentation to help guide future product investment decisions.
• Share insights and discoveries with the wider organization to help n8n stay ahead of the AI landscape.

Requirements

Must-haves

• 🚀 0→1 product building experience: You’ve built and launched products from scratch, ideally in the AI space, and know how to move from idea to real-world validation quickly.
• 🤖 AI-native product intuition: You deeply understand how AI is reshaping user behavior, workflows, interfaces, and product experiences.
• 🛠️ Hands-on execution: You’re comfortable building, prototyping, experimenting, and operating with minimal structure or support.
• 🧠 Product intuition & problem-solving: You combine strong product instincts with structured thinking and can quickly validate whether an idea is worth pursuing.
• 🔮 Product vision: You’re known for spotting non-obvious opportunities and thinking ahead of where the market is going.
• ⚡ Speed & resourcefulness: You thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and know how to creatively unblock yourself to make progress.
• 🤝 Collaboration & communication: You can workshop ideas with senior leaders, challenge assumptions thoughtfully, and bring others along through clear reasoning.

Nice-to-haves

• 📡 Deep AI ecosystem immersion: You actively follow emerging products, models, startups, communities, and technical trends across the AI landscape.
• 🎙️ Ecosystem curiosity: You naturally stay plugged into what’s happening across podcasts, X, Reddit, Product Hunt, events, and founder/operator communities.
• 🧪 Founder experience: You’ve previously founded or been an early employee at a startup and understand what it takes to build under uncertainty.
• 🧰 Technical breadth: You’re comfortable using AI coding tools, low-code/no-code tooling, or building lightweight prototypes independently.

Why join us?

At n8n, you won’t be optimizing a roadmap or shipping incremental features. You’ll help define what the next generation of AI-native software looks like inside one of Europe’s fastest-growing technology companies – operating more like a founder than a traditional product leader.

You’ll join a small, highly autonomous team with direct exposure to company leadership and the freedom to explore bold ideas, challenge assumptions, and build products from scratch. Your work will influence the long-term direction of n8n and could shape entirely new product lines for the company.

You’ll operate in a remote-first culture that values speed, experimentation, ownership, and builder energy – with the backing, distribution, and ambition of a company serving hundreds of thousands of developers and technical teams worldwide.

Sound like the kind of challenge you’ve been looking for?

Apply now – and help us build the future of AI orchestration.

n8n is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We can sponsor visas to Germany; for any other country, you need to have existing right to work.

Our company language is English.

You care about diversity and inclusion? We do too! Check out our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives at n8n (https://www.notion.so/n8n/Diversity-inclusion-and-belonging-n8n-c1bec2fff536422d868b1a438d990e35).

Location disclaimer: If you see multiple job postings for the same role, it is most likely because we’re hiring remotely for this role and posting in different locations to make sure every potential candidate can see the role. Please apply to the location you’re the most likely to work from in the future.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation 💸 – We offer fair and attractive pay.
• Ownership 💪 – Our core value is to “empower others,” and we mean it—you’ll get a slice of n8n with equity.
• Work/life balance 🏖️ – We work hard but ensure you have time to recharge:
• Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are.
• US: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are.
• Health & wellness 🩺 –
• Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
• US: Multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with coverage for individuals and families—plus a no-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-seeded HSA—along with dental and vision coverage.
• Future planning 💰 –
• Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.*
• US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match.
• Financial security 🛡️ –
• Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
• US: Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance to support you and your loved ones.
• Career growth 📈 – We hire rising stars who grow with us! You’ll get €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching to level up your skills.
• A passionate team 🤩 – We love our product, and we prove it with regular hackathons where we see who can build the coolest thing with it!
• Remote-first 🌏 – Our team works remotely across Europe, with regular off-sites for team bonding. Some roles, like sales in the US, are hybrid—please check the job description.
• Giving back 🤝 – We’re big fans of open source, and you’ll get $100 per month to support projects you care about.
• AI enablement 🤖 – We believe in working smarter—everyone gets an unlimited AI budget to explore and use the best tools to boost productivity and creativity.
• Transparency 🙏 – We all know what everyone’s working on, how the company is doing—the whole shebang.
• An ambitious but kind culture 😍 – People love working here—our eNPS for 2024 is 94!
• Country-specific details are provided in your contract.