Forward Deployed Engineer

pbThe AI orchestration of your wildest imagination. /b /p pn8n 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. /p pSince our founding in 2019, we’ve grown into a diverse team of over 260
- 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: /p ul liCultivated a community of more than 650,000 active developers and builders /li liEarned 190K+ GitHub stars, making us one of the world’s Top 40 most popular projects /li liBacked by top investors, from Sequoia’s first German seed to our SAP's recent strategic investment
- bringing us to a $5.2bn valuation /li /ul pThat’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. /p pWe’re in a defining moment of an incredible journey. Come and build with us. /p h3Your main goal will be to turn n8n’s most strategic enterprise deployments into production-ready success stories by embedding on-site, solving real customer problems, and building reusable automation patterns that shape our product. /h3 pTo do so, you’ll work directly with customers, Deployment Strategists, and Product to make every engagement high-impact, scalable, and repeatable: /p h3Drive high-impact enterprise deployments /h3 pEmbed on-site with enterprise customers for focused 5-day deployment engagements, arriving with a hypothesis and leaving with production workflows in place. /p pPartner closely with Deployment Strategists to align technical execution with customer priorities, stakeholder needs, and adoption goals. /p pBuild trust with technical and non-technical stakeholders by turning complex customer environments into clear, actionable solutions. /p h3Build production-grade automation solutions /h3 pDesign and build workflows, integrations, and custom nodes tailored to each customer’s environment and scalable beyond the initial use case. /p pExtend existing n8n nodes or add missing functionality where needed to unlock high-value enterprise use cases. /p pTranslate ambiguous business problems into concrete automation designs that prioritize real customer value over technical complexity. /p pWork across industries and tech stacks, getting productive quickly in new environments. /p h3Bridge customer needs with Product and Engineering /h3 pIdentify when a bespoke customer requirement should become a reusable node improvement, product feature, or platform capability. /p pCreate a clear feedback loop with Product and Engineering by documenting technical gaps, customer context, implementation learnings, and prioritization signals. /p pContribute reusable learnings, workflows, custom nodes, and integration patterns to an internal playbook library. /p h3Turn customer learnings into product and playbooks /h3 pIdentify when a bespoke customer requirement should become a core product feature and document it clearly for Product. /p pContribute reusable learnings, workflows, and patterns to an internal playbook library. /p pHelp ensure every engagement makes the next one faster, stronger, and more productized. /p h3Keep engagements focused and scalable /h3 pDeliver time-boxed customer engagements with clear outcomes, rather than open-ended professional services work. /p pBuild solutions that customers can own and operate themselves. /p pKnow when to build, when to simplify, and when to push back to avoid unnecessary complexity. /p h3Requirements /h3 h3Must-haves /h3 ul liStrong engineering background: You have solid full-stack or backend engineering experience and have built integrations, APIs, or automation pipelines in production environments. /li liIntegration-building expertise: You can create custom nodes, extend existing integrations, and work confidently with APIs, authentication patterns, data models, and event-driven systems. /li liProduct-minded technical execution: You can distinguish between a one-off customer workaround, a reusable node improvement, and a product feature worth escalating. /li liCustomer-facing confidence: You’re comfortable working directly in customer environments and can build trust with engineers, operators, and non-technical stakeholders. /li liSolution design

skills:
You can take a messy operational problem and turn it into a clean, practical technical design. /li liStrong technical judgment: You know when to build, when to push back, and how to avoid gold-plating solutions that should stay simple. /li liWillingness to travel: You’re open to travelling roughly 30-50% of the time for o