Senior Engineer I-II | Core Workflow Engine | Remote | Europe
$120,000–$240,000 year
Remote · Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany or DE
Job Summary
Join n8n as a Senior Engineer to advance core platform foundations of the workflow engine, enhancing reliability and performance. Your role will involve contributing to backend subsystems like durable workflow execution and system modularization, as well as improving the frontend architecture for complex workflow building experiences. Ideal candidates possess strong TypeScript skills, experience in system design, backend development (Node.js), and a collaboration mindset. Opportunities for backend or frontend focus exist, depending on your skills.
Required Qualifications
- Systems thinking mindset
- System design experience
- Strong TypeScript experience
- Collaboration skills
- Pragmatic engineering
- Experience with Node.js backend systems
- Understanding of distributed systems
- Experience with data architecture for data-intensive services
- Experience with complex frontend systems
- Experience with rendering performance optimization
- Strong frontend TypeScript development skills
Desired Qualifications
- Workflow/orchestration or devtools experience
- Open-source experience
- Large-scale SaaS exposure
- Monolith → modular migrations
- Durable execution patterns
- Collaboration tech (FE)
- Frontend platform patterns (FE)
- Multi-deployment awareness
- Observability mindset
Additional Requirements
- Candidates need to have existing right to work for countries other than Germany
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