Staff Software Engineer - Core Workflow Engine | Remote - Europe

n8n; Remote; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading workflow orchestration platform is seeking a Staff Engineer to work on the core workflow engine, enhancing scalability and reliability for millions of users. The role emphasizes project leadership and excellent communication skills, ideal for candidates with experience in event-driven systems. The company promotes a remote-first culture, competitive pay, and generous benefits like 30 days of vacation in Europe. Join a diverse and passionate team committed to transforming automation and workflow processes.

Leistungen

Competitive compensation

Equity in the company

30 days vacation plus public holidays

Career growth opportunities

Unlimited AI budget

Qualifikationen

• Experience with architecting complex event-driven platforms that scaled to millions of users.
• Track record of leading impactful multi-year projects.
• Strong communication and project management skills.

Aufgaben

• Design and improve the workflow engine for scalability and reliability.
• Lead the team to implement changes to enhance the system.
• Challenge the status quo by driving innovative solutions.

Kenntnisse

Event-driven platform development

Node.js

Typescript

Project management

Communication

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

The AI orchestration of your wildest imagination. 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 160 - 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
• And are grateful for our 94 eNPS score

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.

Mission

As n8n is growing at tremendous speed and growing in complexity as an app we are looking for a Staff Engineer that wants to work on the very core of n8n, the workflow engine. You’ll design for scalability, reliability, and extensibility, making it easier for contributors and teams to build on top of n8n. You should lead and drive the change, as well as challenge status quo.

We are looking for someone that has built and scaled workflow engines or similar systems like state machines, job schedulers, distributed task processors, or event driven platforms that scales to millions of users and tasks.

These are examples of what you will work on improving

• Scalability: Enabling high throughput use-cases
• Memory efficiency
• Reliability of the platform (executes workflows correctly, consistently, and predictably even under normal or high-stress conditions)
• Fault tolerance (e.g. how well the engine recovers from unexpected problems)

Links to our Github repository

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n

Some links to part of the engine

• https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/master/packages/core/src/execution-engine
• https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/master/packages/cli/src/execution-lifecycle
• https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/pull/13483/files

Requirements

• You have deep experience with both architecting and hands on building complex event-driven platforms such as a workflow engine that have scaled to millions of users and events.
• You have experience driving and leading multi-year projects which impacted a wide part of the product.
• Because of this, you need to be an excellent communicator and project manager making sure everyone is aware of the changes and you can get people behind it.
• Willingness to work with Node.js & Typescript as this is the main language of n8n (Great if you have deep knowledge of the ecosystem, but the language should be more an implementation detail, as parts of the system could be built using something different).

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.

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: 15 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are.
• Health & wellness – Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.* US: Medical plans with coverage, plus a no-cost HDHP option with an HSA, plus dental and vision.
• Future planning – Europe: pension contributions according to local norms.* US: 401(k) with 4% employer match.
• Financial security – Europe: benefits according to local norms.* US: Disability and life insurance.
• Career growth – We hire rising stars who grow with us! You’ll get €1K per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching.
• A passionate team – We love our product, and we prove it with regular hackathons.
• Remote-first – Remote across Europe, regular off-sites; some roles are hybrid.
• Giving back – $100 per month to support projects you care about.
• AI enablement – Unlimited AI budget to explore tools.
• Transparency – We all know what everyone’s working on.
• An ambitious but kind culture – eNPS 94.

* Country-specific details are provided in your contract.