Staff Software Engineer (Core Workflow Engine)

n8n; Barcelona; A distancia; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A rapidly growing workflow automation platform is seeking a Staff Engineer to enhance the scalability and reliability of their core workflow engine. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in building event-driven systems and managing impactful projects. Competitive salary and benefits, with a commitment to a diverse, inclusive culture.

Servicios

Competitive salary and equity ownership

Generous vacation policies (e.g., 30 days in Europe)

Health & wellness benefits

Retirement contributions

Disability insurance and life coverage

Support for professional development

Formación

• Deep experience in architecting and building complex event-driven platforms.
• Experience leading multi-year projects with significant product impact.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.

Responsabilidades

• Improve scalability for high throughput use-cases.
• Enhance memory efficiency and platform reliability.
• Implement fault tolerance for unexpected issues.

Conocimientos

Architecting complex systems

Event-driven platforms

Scalable architecture design

Project management

Node.js

Typescript

Descripción del empleo

n8n is a workflow automation platform that uniquely combines AI capabilities with business process automation. We give technical teams the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code, backed by a passionate community of builders. With 500+ integrations and fair-code principles, we're revolutionizing how businesses connect their systems and processes.

We were founded at the end of 2019 and currently:

• We’re a diverse team of over 90 talented people.
• Our annual recurring revenue is growing 3x year-over-year.
• With over 85k GitHub stars, we are in the top 100 most popular projects of all time on Github.
• We’re Europe’s 25th fastest growing startup in 2024 according to Sifted.
• We now have a total of $58m in funding: our first seed investment in Germany from Sequoia, and most recently a €35m Series B in February 2025 led by Highland.

Mission

As n8n is growing rapidly and becoming more complex, we are seeking a Staff Engineer to work on the core of n8n, the workflow engine. You will design for scalability, reliability, and extensibility, making it easier for contributors and teams to build on top of n8n. You should lead and drive change, challenging the status quo.

Ideal candidates will have experience building and scaling workflow engines or similar systems like state machines, job schedulers, distributed task processors, or event-driven platforms that handle millions of users and tasks.

Responsibilities include:

• Improving scalability for high throughput use-cases.
• Enhancing memory efficiency.
• Ensuring platform reliability, including correct, consistent, and predictable workflow execution under various conditions.
• Implementing fault tolerance to recover from unexpected issues.

Links to our Github repository and parts of the engine are available for reference.

Requirements

• Deep experience in architecting and building complex event-driven platforms, such as workflow engines, that have scaled to millions of users and events.
• Experience leading multi-year projects impacting large parts of a product.
• Excellent communication and project management skills to ensure team alignment and support for changes.
• Willingness to work with Node.js & Typescript, with flexibility to consider other technologies for system components.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We can sponsor visas for Germany; for other countries, you must have the right to work.

Our company language is English.

We value diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Learn more about our initiatives at n8n.

Location disclaimer: If you see multiple postings for the same role, it’s likely because we’re hiring remotely and posting in different locations. Please apply to the location where you are most likely to work from in the future.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive salary and equity ownership.
• Work/life balance with generous vacation policies (e.g., 30 days in Europe).
• Health & wellness benefits according to local norms.
• Retirement contributions where applicable.
• Additional benefits like disability insurance, life coverage, and support for professional development.

We foster a passionate, innovative, and inclusive culture, with regular hackathons, open source support, transparency, and a focus on growth and well-being.