Forward Deployed Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +6 more states.

📋 Description

• Transform strategic enterprise deployments into successful production-ready implementations by working on-site, addressing customer challenges, and creating reusable automation patterns.

• Lead concentrated 5-day deployment initiatives with enterprise clients, arriving with a hypothesis and departing with established production workflows.

• Collaborate with Deployment Strategists to ensure that technical execution aligns with customer priorities, stakeholder requirements, and adoption objectives.

• Establish trust with both technical and non-technical stakeholders by converting complex environments into actionable solutions.

• Design and develop workflows, integrations, and custom nodes that are tailored to customer environments and scalable beyond their initial use case.

• Enhance existing n8n nodes or introduce necessary functionality for high-value enterprise applications.

• Convert vague business challenges into practical automation designs.

• Operate across various industries and technology stacks.

• Recognize when unique requirements should evolve into reusable node enhancements, product features, or platform capabilities.

• Document technical gaps, customer context, implementation insights, and prioritization signals for Product and Engineering teams.

• Share reusable insights, workflows, custom nodes, and integration patterns within an internal playbook library.

• Execute time-bound customer engagements with clear and defined outcomes.

• Develop solutions that customers can manage and operate independently.

• Streamline solutions and challenge unnecessary complexity.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong full-stack or backend engineering experience.

• Experience in building integrations, APIs, or automation pipelines in production.

• Capability to create custom nodes and extend existing integrations.

• Proficient in working with APIs, authentication frameworks, data models, and event-driven systems.

• Ability to differentiate between customer workarounds, reusable node enhancements, and product features.

• Comfort in collaborating directly with technical and non-technical stakeholders in customer environments.

• Skill in transforming chaotic operational issues into practical technical designs.

• Strong technical judgment with a focus on avoiding unnecessary complexity.

• Willingness to travel approximately 50-60% of the time for on-site engagements, primarily across Europe.

• Quick adaptability to new industries, technology stacks, and customer environments.

• Familiarity with n8n or similar workflow automation tools is a plus.

• Experience in enterprise deployments is advantageous.

• Background in developing custom nodes, connectors, plugins, SDKs, or reusable integration frameworks is beneficial.

• Prior experience in forward deployment or solutions engineering is a plus.

• Ability to translate customer insights into product feedback, roadmap contributions, or engineering specifications is advantageous.

• Existing right to work is necessary outside of Germany; visa sponsorship is available for employment in Germany.

• Proficiency in English as it is the company's primary language.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary package.

• Equity ownership in n8n.

• Europe: 30 days of vacation, in addition to public holidays applicable to your location.

• US: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays relevant to your location.

• Europe: Benefits in line with local country regulations.

• US: Multiple low-premium, low-deductible health insurance plans available for individuals and families.

• US: No-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-funded HSA.

• US: Dental and vision insurance included.

• Europe: Pension contributions according to local country standards.

• US: 401(k) retirement plan featuring a 4% employer match.

• US: Company-sponsored short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• US: Life insurance coverage provided.

• €1K (or equivalent) annually for courses, books, events, or coaching opportunities.

• Regular hackathon events.

• Remote-first work environment across Europe, complemented by regular off-site team-building activities.

• $100 monthly allowance to support open-source initiatives.

• Unlimited budget for AI-related projects.