Senior/Staff Engineer

Role Description Your main goal will be to meaningfully increase the probability that n8n wins in the AI-native future by rapidly identifying, validating, and building the next generation of AI-native products and experiences. In this role, you will: 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. Qualifications 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. Requirements 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: 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. Future planning: 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. Career growth: 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. Giving back: We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about. AI enablement: Everyone gets an unlimited AI budget to explore and use the best tools to boost productivity and creativity. Transparency: We all know what everyone’s working on, how the company is doing—the whole shebang.