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N8n8n

Head of Application Security(m/w/x)

Berlin
Full-timeWith Home OfficeSenior

Defining security standards for an open workflow orchestration platform and setting the security roadmap. Security leadership in SaaS/cloud/product-led tech required. Visa sponsorship for Germany, equity, 30 days vacation.

Requirements

  • Security leadership in SaaS/cloud/product-led tech
  • Hands-on application, cloud, platform security
  • Vulnerability management experience
  • Secure engineering practices experience
  • Pragmatic risk judgment and prioritization
  • Cross-functional influence with stakeholders
  • Builder mindset, creating structure and standards
  • Clear communication to technical/non-technical audiences
  • Security enablement approach, adopting guardrails/tooling
  • Incident response process experience
  • Vulnerability disclosure and remediation experience
  • Resilience under pressure
  • Executive maturity and judgment
  • Enterprise SaaS security maturity experience
  • AI and abuse-risk security implications experience
  • DevSecOps and security automation expertise
  • Open-source or developer-tooling security background
  • Team scaling and hiring experience
  • Customer trust and compliance support experience

Tasks

  • Define n8n’s security standards for product, platform, and customer-facing commitments
  • Set the security roadmap and prioritize high-impact risk mitigation
  • Lead the company’s security efforts, ensuring visibility and accountability
  • Develop security tooling, guardrails, and workflows for seamless code shipping
  • Integrate security into the SDLC with reviews, standards, automation, and education
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams on early security considerations
  • Manage vulnerability operations, including intake, triage, disclosure, and remediation
  • Lead incident readiness and response, creating playbooks and running exercises
  • Enhance Trust & Safety by addressing abuse risk, AI threats, and platform misuse
  • Build and lead the security team, aligning with business needs
  • Support enterprise growth with strong security questionnaire responses and customer conversations
  • Establish scalable collaboration with Engineering, IT, Legal, and leadership

Work Experience

  • approx. 4 - 6 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • SaaS
  • cloud
  • CI/CD

Benefits

Other Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship for Germany
  • Short-term disability insurance (US)
  • Long-term disability insurance (US)
  • Life insurance (US)
  • Transparency

Competitive Pay

  • Equity

More Vacation Days

  • 30 days of vacation (Europe)

Healthcare & Fitness

  • Health insurance (Europe)
  • Low-premium medical plans (US)
  • Dental coverage (US)
  • Vision coverage (US)

Retirement Plans

  • Pension contributions (Europe)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with 4% employer match (US)

Additional Allowances

  • €1K yearly for professional development
  • $100 monthly for open source support
  • Unlimited AI budget

Team Events

  • Hackathons

Flexible Working

  • Remote-first

Informal Culture

  • Kind culture
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