As a Senior AI Engineer at n8n, you will drive the development of intelligent features that transform how users build automations. You'll work across the AI feature lifecycle to implement AI-powered capabilities such as natural language input, smart suggestions, code generation, and workflow optimization, integrating LLMs and embedding models into the core product experience.
What You'll Do
- Architect and implement AI-powered capabilities: code generation, intelligent node creation, and workflow optimization
- Integrate LLM APIs and embedding models for text-to-workflow and natural language code suggestions
- Design and iterate on prompts to improve model output and user experience
- Build internal tooling, evaluation benchmarks, and automated testing for AI components
- Collaborate closely with other engineers to ensure AI features are reliable, performant, and scalable
- Balance experimentation with impact: ship quickly while focusing on user value
- Stay current with advances in LLMs, prompt frameworks, and developer tools - and bring those insights into our roadmap
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience building web-based products, ideally in B2B SaaS startups
- Strong fullstack development skills with TypeScript, Node.js, and API design
- Experience shipping AI-powered features in production with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) and understanding of how to translate machine intelligence into user value. We're looking for experience building end-to-end systems
- Understanding of AI fundamentals: agent architectures, chat completion roles, embedding vectors, vector databases, and chunking strategies
- Hands-on experience with prompt engineering, embedding models, and vector stores
- A user-focused mindset: you care about delivering features that solve real problems
- A bias for shipping and learning - fast iteration is second nature to you
Nice to Have
- Experience fine-tuning LLMs or working with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
- Frontend experience using Vue or React
- Technical writing or documentation contributions, especially around developer tools or AI
- Experience with agent orchestration patterns and state management in multi-step AI systems
- Knowledge of code quality evaluation metrics and context optimization techniques
Technical Stack
- TypeScript
- Vue
- Node.js
- LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic)
- Embedding models
- Vector databases
- API design
Team & Environment
- Remote-first team across Europe and the US, with center of gravity in Berlin
- Team size: over 220
- Builder spirit
- Empower others
- Fast iteration
- User-focused
- Transparency
- Ambitious but kind culture
- Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
- Passion for open source
- Regular hackathons
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive compensation
- Ownership: equity in n8n
- Work/life balance: 30 days of vacation plus public holidays (Europe)
- Work/life balance: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays (US)
- Health & wellness: benefits according to local country norms (Europe)
- Health & wellness: multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with coverage for individuals and families, no-cost premium HDHP option with pre-seeded HSA, dental and vision coverage (US)
- Future planning: pension contributions according to local country norms (Europe)
- Future planning: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match (US)
- Financial security: benefits according to local country norms (Europe)
- Financial security: company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance (US)
- Career growth: €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching
- A passionate team: regular hackathons
- Remote-first: team works remotely across Europe with regular off-sites
- Giving back: $100 per month to support open source projects you care about
- AI enablement: unlimited AI budget to explore and use the best tools
- Transparency: full visibility into company goals and progress
- An ambitious but kind culture: eNPS of 94 in 2024
Work Mode
- Remote-first with regular off-sites
- Available to roles in Europe and US
- Some roles may be hybrid
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.
