The Cloud Platform team at n8n is operating at high velocity — punching above its weight, but we need reinforcements to match the speed of our growth. We’re looking for someone to build, operate, and shape the foundational infrastructure powering n8n Cloud and ensure we can sustain rapid expansion while continuing to deliver a stable, delightful experience to our users and support internal product teams.
This role is not just about scaling systems — it’s about scaling trust, ownership, and engineering excellence.
What you will be doing
- Design, build, and operate infrastructure powering our cloud platform for high availability, performance, and developer efficiency.
- Drive observability, monitoring, and alerting, and reduce operational toil through automation and smart tooling.
- Contribute to on-call rotations, helping keep our systems healthy and performant.
- Own and evolve KTLO (keep-the-lights-on) work: tackle reliability, performance bottlenecks, and critical bug fixes.
- Collaborate closely with Cloud team engineers, and sync with product engineers and PMs from other teams to support cross-functional projects.
- Play a key role in strategic technical decisions, including architecture, tooling, and platform evolution.
- Push the boundaries on how we scale to millions of users
Must-Have Hard Skills
- Solid infrastructure /Cloud / DevOps engineering experience and scaling a complex platform to many users
- Strong grasp of CI/CD pipelines and build processes
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and performance tuning
- Proficiency with:
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- One or more major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- TypeScript or JavaScript
Must-Have Soft Skills
- Growth mindset – “Don’t know yet, but I’ll figure it out.”
- Strong communication and collaboration within and across teams
- Willingness to take ownership and lead initiatives with autonomy
Bonus Experience
- You’ve worked in a scrappy startup, small high-trust teams, or have entrepreneurial experience
- Familiarity with distributed systems, security, and cloud-native architecture
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.
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 days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are.
- Health & wellness 🩺 –
- Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
- US: Comprehensive medical (PPO 1200), dental, and vision plans.
- Future planning 💰 –
- Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.*
- US: 401(k) retirement plan.
- Financial security 🛡️ –
- Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
- US: Short-term & long-term disability insurance, life & AD&D coverage, and additional hospital coverage.
- Career growth 📈 – We hire rising stars who grow with us! 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. Some roles, like sales in the US, are hybrid—please check the job description.
- Giving back 🤝 – We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about.
- Transparency 🙏 – We all know what everyone’s working on, how the company is doing—the whole shebang.
- An ambitious but kind culture 😍 – People love working here—our eNPS for 2024 is 94!
