Forward Deployed Engineer

n8n

. Turn strategic enterprise deployments into production-ready success stories .

Posted 9/15/2026full-timeRemote • New Jersey • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in full-stack or backend engineering, with a focus on building integrations, APIs, and automation pipelines. Capable of designing custom nodes and workflows tailored to enterprise customer environments while effectively collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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Full-Stack Engineering ExperienceAPI DevelopmentWorkflow Automation DesignCustomer EngagementTechnical Judgment

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Hard Skills

Integration DevelopmentAutomation Pipeline CreationCustom Node DevelopmentEvent-Driven SystemsData Model Management

Soft Skills

Stakeholder CommunicationProblem-SolvingTrust Building

Tools & Technologies

N8nAPIsSDKIntegration Frameworks

Industry Keywords

Enterprise DeploymentProduction EnvironmentsTechnical DocumentationOperational Problem Solving

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Node.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Turn strategic enterprise deployments into production-ready success stories
Embed on-site with enterprise customers for focused 5-day deployment engagements
Arrive with a hypothesis and leave with production workflows in place
Partner with Deployment Strategists to align technical execution with customer priorities and adoption goals
Build trust with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Design and build workflows, integrations, and custom nodes tailored to customer environments
Extend n8n nodes or add missing functionality for enterprise use cases
Translate ambiguous business problems into practical automation designs
Work across industries and technology stacks
Identify bespoke requirements that should become reusable node improvements, product features, or platform capabilities
Document technical gaps, customer context, implementation learnings, and prioritization signals for Product and Engineering
Contribute reusable workflows, custom nodes, integration patterns, and learnings to an internal playbook library
Deliver time-boxed engagements with clear outcomes
Build solutions customers can own and operate themselves
Decide when to build, simplify, or push back to avoid unnecessary complexity

Requirements

What you’ll need

Solid full-stack or backend engineering experience
Built integrations, APIs, or automation pipelines in production environments
Ability to create custom nodes and extend existing integrations
Confidence working with APIs, authentication patterns, data models, and event-driven systems
Ability to distinguish one-off workarounds, reusable node improvements, and product features
Comfortable working directly in customer environments with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to turn messy operational problems into practical technical designs
Strong technical judgment and ability to avoid unnecessary complexity
Willingness to travel approximately 50–60% of the time, primarily across Europe
Ability to quickly understand new industries, technology stacks, and customer environments
Familiarity with n8n or similar workflow automation tools (nice-to-have)
Enterprise deployment experience (nice-to-have)
Node, connector, plugin, SDK, or reusable integration framework development experience (nice-to-have)
Forward-deployed or solutions engineering experience (nice-to-have)
Product feedback, roadmap input, or engineering specification experience (nice-to-have)
Existing right to work in countries other than Germany; n8n can sponsor visas to Germany
English is the company language

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Equity ownership
Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are
US: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are
Europe: Benefits according to local country norms
US: Multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with individual and family coverage
US: No-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-seeded HSA
US: Dental and vision coverage
Europe: Pension contributions according to local country norms
US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match
Europe: Benefits according to local country norms
US: Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
US: Life insurance
€1K (or equivalent) per year for courses, books, events, or coaching
Regular hackathons
Remote-first work across Europe with regular off-sites
$100 per month to support open-source projects
Transparency