Staff Core Platform Engineer at n8n

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Lead architecture and evolution of the core platform across execution, infrastructure, data and frontend platform concerns.
- Design adaptable backend foundations for execution, orchestration, queueing, worker management, scheduling and horizontal scaling.
- Define data persistence strategies: sharding, scaling, migrations and long-term operational maintainability.
- Drive correctness and resilience in distributed systems (idempotency, state transitions, tenant isolation, failure modes).
- Partner with frontend platform teams on canvas architecture, realtime comms, plugin contracts and performance primitives.
- Establish platform RFCs, standards, observability practices and mentor engineering teams across product and open-source contributors.

Requirements:
- Staff-level experience owning platform architecture for large-scale distributed SaaS systems.
- Strong hands-on TypeScript/Node.js skills and broad systems programming knowledge.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, system design, scalability, multi-tenancy and operational concerns.
- Experience with database scaling, sharding, migrations and designing for reliability and maintainability.
- Proven leadership: cross-team collaboration, RFC-driven decisions, mentoring and clear technical communication.
- Comfort working in open-source and hybrid cloud/self-hosted environments and shipping pragmatic, durable solutions.

Responsibilities

You will lead the architectural evolution of the core platform, ensuring coherence across execution, infrastructure, and frontend systems. You will also mentor engineering teams and define technical standards to support scalable, reliable, and configurable platform foundations.

Requirements

Candidates must have extensive experience in staff-level architectural ownership, distributed systems design, and deep proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js. Strong systems thinking and the ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives are essential for this role.

Key skills

• TypeScript — in 462 other listings on The Stack
• Node.js — in 170 other listings on The Stack
• Distributed systems — in 332 other listings on The Stack
• System architecture — in 171 other listings on The Stack
• Cloud infrastructure — in 113 other listings on The Stack
• Data architecture — in 38 other listings on The Stack
• Scalability — in 70 other listings on The Stack
• API design — in 191 other listings on The Stack
• Technical leadership
• Mentorship
• RFC writing
• Workflow orchestration
• Database management
• Performance optimization
• SaaS
• Open source

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-03)

• n8n has 21 other listings on The Stack, 19 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 162 visa-sponsored jobs in Germany on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 56 visa-sponsored platform engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about n8n

Is this Staff Core Platform Engineer role still open?

It was posted on 2026-08-11. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check n8n's site before applying.

Does n8n offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on n8n's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as Berlin, Germany. It is marked remote.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: TypeScript, Node.js, Distributed systems, System architecture, Cloud infrastructure, Data architecture, Scalability, API design, Technical leadership, Mentorship, RFC writing, Workflow orchestration, Database management, Performance optimization, SaaS, Open source.