Senior Cloud Engineer | Europe remote

n8n; London; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design and operate its cloud infrastructure. The role involves ensuring high availability and performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates will have strong DevOps experience and a growth mindset, with opportunities for career growth and competitive compensation.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Ownership with equity

30 days of vacation

Health & wellness benefits

Career growth budget

Remote-first work environment

Qualifications

• Solid infrastructure/Cloud/DevOps engineering experience.
• Strong grasp of CI/CD pipelines and build processes.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate infrastructure for high availability.
• Drive observability, monitoring, and alerting.
• Collaborate with Cloud team engineers and product teams.

Skills

Cloud

DevOps

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Azure

TypeScript

JavaScript

Job description

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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 end of 2019 and currently:

• We’re a diverse team of + 100 talented people Our annual recurring revenue is growing 5x year-over-year
• ️ With +93k 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 count a total of $58m in funding: we were Sequoia's first seed investment in Germany, and most recently secured our €35m Series B (February 2025 - led by Highland)
  
  

The Cloud Platform team at n8n is operating at high velocity — punching above its weight, but we need reinforcements to match the speed of our growth. We’re looking for someone to build, operate, and shape the foundational infrastructure powering n8n Cloud and ensure we can sustain rapid expansion while continuing to deliver a stable, delightful experience to our users and support internal product teams.

This role is not just about scaling systems — it’s about scaling trust, ownership, and engineering excellence.

What You Will Be Doing

• Design, build, and operate infrastructure powering our cloud platform for high availability, performance, and developer efficiency.
• Drive observability, monitoring, and alerting, and reduce operational toil through automation and smart tooling.
• Contribute to on-call rotations, helping keep our systems healthy and performant.
• Own and evolve KTLO (keep-the-lights-on) work: tackle reliability, performance bottlenecks, and critical bug fixes.
• Collaborate closely with Cloud team engineers, and sync with product engineers and PMs from other teams to support cross-functional projects.
• Play a key role in strategic technical decisions, including architecture, tooling, and platform evolution.
• Push the boundaries on how we scale to millions of users
  
  

Must-Have Hard Skills

• Solid infrastructure /Cloud / DevOps engineering experience and scaling a complex platform to many users
• Strong grasp of CI/CD pipelines and build processes
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and performance tuning
• Proficiency with:
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• One or more major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• TypeScript or JavaScript
  

Must-Have Soft Skills

• Growth mindset – “Don’t know yet, but I’ll figure it out.”
• Strong communication and collaboration within and across teams
• Willingness to take ownership and lead initiatives with autonomy
  
  

Bonus Experience

• You’ve worked in a scrappy startup, small high-trust teams, or have entrepreneurial experience
• Familiarity with distributed systems, security, and cloud-native architecture
  
  

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: 15 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are.
• Health & wellness ???? –
• Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
• US: Comprehensive medical (PPO 1200), dental, and vision plans.
• Future planning –
• Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.*
• US: 401(k) retirement plan.
• Financial security ️ –
• Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
• US: Short-term & long-term disability insurance, life & AD&D coverage, and additional hospital coverage.
• 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.
• 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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