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Engineering Manager, Core Platform(m/w/x)

Berlin
Full-timeWith Home OfficeExperienced
AI/ML

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

  • EnglishBusiness 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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