Director of Engineering | Remote | Europe

About the role

Your main goal will be to lead and scale n8n's Core Experience engineering organization - helping a broad, growing set of product teams deliver excellent user experiences, strong technical foundations, and ambitious AI-native product innovation. You'll lead a significant and expanding part of the engineering organization, supporting multiple leaders and their teams (AI, Nodes, Community, and Adoption & Retention) while shaping how we build product experiences in a fast-moving, AI-native environment.

What you'll do

• Lead and develop multiple engineering teams across Core Experience; design the organization for scale across a multi-team area that includes established product surfaces and a growing cluster of AI-focused teams.
• Set technical direction across your area, helping teams make sound architectural decisions and trade-offs.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to translate strategy into clear priorities and execution.
• Support and guide teams building AI-powered product experiences, especially where we are harnessing LLMs in the product.
• Create the conditions for teams to operate effectively through growth, ambiguity, and changing priorities.
• Coach leaders and teams toward strong execution, healthy collaboration, and consistently high engineering standards.
• Represent the Core Experience area within the broader engineering leadership team and align its direction with company goals.

What you'll need

• Several years of experience leading multiple engineering teams and directly managing Engineering Managers in a high-growth product organization.
• Ability to set direction across a broad product area and turn technical strategy into clear priorities and outcomes.
• Strong engineering background with the ability to contribute meaningfully to architecture discussions and technical decision-making.
• Known for developing leaders, giving clear feedback, and helping teams grow in ownership, performance, and judgement.
• Experience leading product engineering teams that shipped meaningful user-facing experiences in a fast-moving SaaS environment.
• Experience working on AI-native products or leading teams building AI-powered product experiences.
• Comfortable leading teams across countries in a remote-first environment.
• Experience in a scaling company with the organizational growing pains that come with building teams and processes at pace.

Nice to have

• Experience with developer platforms, automation tools, or workflow automation adjacent categories.
• Interest in open-source, builder communities, and extensible software.
• Familiarity with TypeScript / Node.js.
• Strong product sense and ability to help teams make smart trade-offs in user-facing areas.

What they offer

• Competitive compensation and equity in n8n.
• 30 days vacation (Europe) or 20 vacation days + 8 sick days (US), plus public holidays.
• Health and wellness benefits according to local country norms (Europe) or low-premium medical plans (US).