Senior Software Engineer

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 + 140 talented people
- Our annual recurring revenue is growing over 9x year-over-year
- ️ With +130k GitHub stars, we are in the top 50 most popular projects of all time on GitHub
- We were the 25th fastest growing startup last year and 4th BtoB SaaS Rising 100 this year in Europe according to Sifted
- We were Sequoia's first seed investment in Germany, and most recently secured our $60M Series B (February '25, led by Highland)

Your main goal will be to make n8n engineers dramatically faster by cutting local build times and feedback loops and elevating our build system & tooling across the TypeScript/Node.js pnpm monorepo.

To do so, here are your responsibilities — you’ll lead the charge on internal engineering productivity, set paved paths, and mentor others so wins stick.

**LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SPEED & FEEDBACK LOOPS**:

- Deliver fast, incremental builds and hot-reload across our pnpm monorepo
- Streamline local development setup and experiment docker dev images
- Build one-command bootstrap flows that work across macOS/Linux

**BUILD SYSTEM & TOOLING EXCELLENCE**:

- Evolve monorepo layout and packages to enforce clear boundaries
- Optimize Turborepo task dependency graphs and pilot remote caching when ROI is prove
- Ensure we have the best-in-class tools for formatting, linting and testing

**DEVELOPER DOCUMENTATION & ENABLEMENT**:

- Own and maintain our Developer Guide, CONTRIBUTING.md, PR templates, and onboarding checklists
- Create lightweight architecture diagrams and other documentation to guide decision-making
- Run brown-bag sessions, office hours, and pairing to drive adoption

**CI HYGIENE & FRICTION REMOVAL**:

- Keep GitHub Actions in sync with local flows, prune redundant jobs
- Fix caching and artifact strategies to reduce unnecessary runs
- Ensure time-to-first-green stays low without exploding CI minutes

**ADOPTION & CHANGE MANAGEMENT**:

- Lead and rally engineers for for migration projects and tooling rollouts
- Publish clear RFCs and gather feedback before shipping major changes
- Partner closely with Engineering Managers to sequence and prioritize work

**REQUIREMENTS**:
**Must-haves**:

- ** Proven monorepo wins**: You’ve sped up local dev loops in a TypeScript/Node.js/Vue monorepo using pnpm/yarn/npm
- ** Build system expertise**: You understand incremental builds, project references, and pragmatic tooling choices
- ** Documentation chops**: You can craft and maintain clear developer docs, PR templates, and contribution guides
- ** Change leadership**: You’re comfortable driving adoption through RFCs, migration plans, and enablement sessions

**Nice-to-haves**:

- ** Task graph experience**: Hands-on with Turborepo, Nx, or similar build system and remote caching strategies
- ** CI alignment**: You have solid GitHub Actions hygiene and caching know-how to keep CI in sync with local flows
- ** Dev containers & env tooling**: Familiar with reproducible environments and containerized dev setups
- ** Performance tuning**: Skilled at Vite/esbuild/tsc optimization or Node profiling
- ** Docker expertise**: Experience optimizing multi-stage dev images and caching strategies
- ** Remote-first savvy**: You’ve worked in distributed teams and built contributor-friendly paved paths

**Why join us?**

At n8n, your work won’t disappear into a backlog — it will make every engineer faster. You’ll set the standards for our build system, shape our inner dev loop, and unlock throughput across a remote-first, global engineering org. This is a rare greenfield opportunity: no incumbent owner, high autonomy, immediate impact.

You’ll join a high-bar, low-politics culture that values outcomes over ceremony, experimentation over process for process’s sake, and developer experience as a first-class priority.

Sound like a challenge you’re excited to take on?
- 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._**

**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 da