Senior/Staff Engineer, n8n Labs

Requisitos y responsabilidades

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Details

Cultivated a community of more than 650,000 active developers and builders
Earned 190K+ GitHub stars, making us one of the world’s Top 40 most popular projects
Backed by top investors, from Sequoia’s first German seed to our SAP's recent strategic investment - bringing us to a $5.2bn valuation
Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are.
US: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are.
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.
Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.*
US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match.
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.

About n8n Labs

Focused on 0→1 product creation
Optimized for speed, signal, and experimentation
Designed to explore bold ideas quickly
Allowed to challenge assumptions and existing workflows
Closely connected to n8n’s founder and leadership team
Free to pursue strong signals, even when they temporarily sit outside the current product direction

About n8n Labs

A feature factory for the core product
An internal R&D playground
A long research effort without shipping
A traditional product or engineering team

About the role

Continuously explore emerging shifts in AI interfaces, orchestration, agents, autonomy, and AI-powered work 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 product opportunities that could shape n8n’s long-term direction
Rapidly prototype, validate, and launch AI-native product ideas with minimal support
Operate across product, engineering, design, and go-to-market with a highly scrappy, execution-first mindset
Pull in tooling, contractors, collaborators, or external support when needed to move quickly and unblock progress
Use structured thinking, experimentation, user feedback, and market signals to evaluate what n8n should invest in over the next 1–3 years
Work closely with n8n’s founder and Product leadership to workshop ideas, pressure-test assumptions, and shape strategic product bets
Share insights and discoveries with the wider organization to help n8n stay ahead of the AI landscape

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 thinking: You have strong intuition for how AI is changing software, workflows, interfaces, and user behavior, and can translate emerging shifts into concrete product opportunities.
🛠️ 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.

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.
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.
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.
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.