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Engineering Manager, Core Platform(m/w/x)
Leading a Core Platform engineering team at an open workflow orchestration platform for AI. First-line management experience, 2+ years, required. 30 days vacation (Europe) or 20 days (US) plus local health benefits.
Requirements
- First-line engineering management experience (at least 2 years)
- Strong people leadership skills
- Platform and systems thinking
- Hands-on software engineering background
- Technical depth in modern software systems
- Cross-functional alignment
- Composure in fast-moving environments
- High-growth SaaS experience
- TypeScript / Node.js familiarity
- Workflow, orchestration, or developer tools experience
- Open-source experience
- Large-scale SaaS exposure
- Frontend platform experience
- Backend platform experience
- Multi-deployment awareness
- Observability mindset
- Existing right to work in Germany or visa sponsorship
Tasks
- Build and lead a high-performing Core Platform team
- Grow the team through hiring, onboarding, and development
- Coach engineers on foundational systems and community dependencies
- Create a high-trust environment for strong technical decisions
- Support team shaping and broader ownership across n8n
- Drive backend platform evolution with durable workflow execution
- Guide frontend platform evolution including real-time collaboration
- Ensure sound technical decisions on scalability and performance
- Maintain high engineering quality in cloud and self-hosted environments
- Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering for alignment
- Turn complex problems into clear plans and balanced execution
- Bring lightweight structure to planning and execution
- Mentor engineers and challenge technical decisions
- Maintain a high bar for engineering quality
- Support technical direction through proposals and code reviews
- Step into technical details to unblock the team
Work Experience
- 2 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- JavaScript
Benefits
More Vacation Days
- 30 days of vacation (Europe)
Other Benefits
- Public holidays
- Company-paid short-term disability insurance (US)
- Company-paid long-term disability insurance (US)
- Life insurance (US)
- Transparency
Healthcare & Fitness
- Local country health benefits (Europe)
- Low-premium medical plans (US)
- No-cost premium HDHP option with HSA (US)
- Dental coverage (US)
- Vision coverage (US)
Retirement Plans
- Local country pension contributions (Europe)
- 401(k) retirement plan with 4% employer match (US)
Additional Allowances
- Local country financial security benefits (Europe)
- $100 monthly open source support
- Unlimited AI budget
Learning & Development
- 1000 EUR annual skill development budget
Team Events
- Hackathons
- Regular off-sites
Flexible Working
- Remote-first
Informal Culture
- Ambitious but kind culture
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Engineering Manager, Core Platform(m/w/x)
Leading a Core Platform engineering team at an open workflow orchestration platform for AI. First-line management experience, 2+ years, required. 30 days vacation (Europe) or 20 days (US) plus local health benefits.
Requirements
- First-line engineering management experience (at least 2 years)
- Strong people leadership skills
- Platform and systems thinking
- Hands-on software engineering background
- Technical depth in modern software systems
- Cross-functional alignment
- Composure in fast-moving environments
- High-growth SaaS experience
- TypeScript / Node.js familiarity
- Workflow, orchestration, or developer tools experience
- Open-source experience
- Large-scale SaaS exposure
- Frontend platform experience
- Backend platform experience
- Multi-deployment awareness
- Observability mindset
- Existing right to work in Germany or visa sponsorship
Tasks
- Build and lead a high-performing Core Platform team
- Grow the team through hiring, onboarding, and development
- Coach engineers on foundational systems and community dependencies
- Create a high-trust environment for strong technical decisions
- Support team shaping and broader ownership across n8n
- Drive backend platform evolution with durable workflow execution
- Guide frontend platform evolution including real-time collaboration
- Ensure sound technical decisions on scalability and performance
- Maintain high engineering quality in cloud and self-hosted environments
- Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering for alignment
- Turn complex problems into clear plans and balanced execution
- Bring lightweight structure to planning and execution
- Mentor engineers and challenge technical decisions
- Maintain a high bar for engineering quality
- Support technical direction through proposals and code reviews
- Step into technical details to unblock the team
Work Experience
- 2 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- JavaScript
Benefits
More Vacation Days
- 30 days of vacation (Europe)
Other Benefits
- Public holidays
- Company-paid short-term disability insurance (US)
- Company-paid long-term disability insurance (US)
- Life insurance (US)
- Transparency
Healthcare & Fitness
- Local country health benefits (Europe)
- Low-premium medical plans (US)
- No-cost premium HDHP option with HSA (US)
- Dental coverage (US)
- Vision coverage (US)
Retirement Plans
- Local country pension contributions (Europe)
- 401(k) retirement plan with 4% employer match (US)
Additional Allowances
- Local country financial security benefits (Europe)
- $100 monthly open source support
- Unlimited AI budget
Learning & Development
- 1000 EUR annual skill development budget
Team Events
- Hackathons
- Regular off-sites
Flexible Working
- Remote-first
Informal Culture
- Ambitious but kind culture
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About the Company
n8n
Industry
IT
Description
n8n is an open AI workflow orchestration platform that empowers technical teams to automate faster and smarter.
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