Forward Deployed Engineer - US East Coast

n8n
Boston, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Customer-facing confidence","Technical judgment","Solution design","Product-minded thinking","Stakeholder communication"]

Turn n8n’s most strategic enterprise deployments into production-ready success stories by embedding on-site with customers for focused, time-boxed engagements. Build and extend reusable automation patterns—designing workflow solutions, integrations, and custom nodes tailored to each environment. Partner with Deployment Strategists, Product, and Engineering to translate customer needs into scalable outcomes, while documenting technical gaps and contributing to playbooks that improve long-term product impact.

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Forward Deployed Engineer - US East Coast

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Job Summary

Turn n8n’s most strategic enterprise deployments into production-ready success stories by embedding on-site with customers for focused, time-boxed engagements. Build and extend reusable automation patterns—designing workflow solutions, integrations, and custom nodes tailored to each environment. Partner with Deployment Strategists, Product, and Engineering to translate customer needs into scalable outcomes, while documenting technical gaps and contributing to playbooks that improve long-term product impact.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive high-impact enterprise deployments through focused, on-site 5-day engagements that leave customers with production workflows.
  • •Partner with Deployment Strategists to align technical execution with customer priorities, stakeholder needs, and adoption goals.
  • •Design and build workflow automation solutions, integrations, and custom nodes tailored to customer environments.
  • •Bridge customer needs with Product and Engineering by identifying reusable opportunities and documenting technical gaps and learnings.
  • •Deliver scalable, time-boxed outcomes by building what customers can own and operate, and keeping complexity appropriate.
Travel: Extensive travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:EquityRemote WorkHealth InsuranceDentalVision401kPensionLearning BudgetLife InsurancePaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Strong full-stack or backend engineering experience building integrations, APIs, or automation pipelines in production.
  • •Expertise creating custom nodes and extending integrations with solid understanding of APIs, authentication patterns, data models, and event-driven systems.
  • •Product-minded execution that distinguishes between one-off workarounds, reusable node improvements, and features worth escalating.
  • •Ability to work confidently in customer environments and build trust with engineers, operators, and non-technical stakeholders.
  • •Strong solution design and technical judgment to turn messy operational problems into clear designs and avoid gold-plating.
Experience:SaaSEnterpriseWorkflow automationAPIs
Skills:Customer-facing confidenceTechnical judgmentSolution designProduct-minded thinkingStakeholder communication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:N8nAPIsIntegrationsAuthenticationEvent-driven systemsWorkflowsCustom nodes

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Sponsorship available.

Company Brief

n8n
n8n provides a fair‑code workflow automation and orchestration platform that lets technical teams connect apps, build complex automations and integrate AI/LLMs via a visual, node‑based interface; available self‑hosted or cloud‑hosted.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 25M to 50M
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 250M to 500M
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Founded: 2019
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Glassdoor: 4.4
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