Community Software Engineer | Remote | Europe
n8n is looking for a Community Software Engineer to support community-driven development by reviewing community pull requests, vetting community nodes, and improving how external contributions become reliable product improvements. Working within Community Engineering, you will keep contribution flows moving smoothly, build tooling and automation around the review process, and fix bugs affecting contributors and workflow reliability. The role offers clearer ecosystem visibility than most, surfacing patterns from the community back to the internal engineering team.
Responsibilities
- ▹Review submitted community nodes for code quality, security patterns, credential handling, UX conventions, and demo videos
- ▹Operate and improve the review pipeline from automated checks through human verification, approval, and production release
- ▹Build tooling and automation for the review process: Linear workflows, author communication flows, release process
- ▹Triage incoming community PRs: assess quality, route to the right team, or close with clear reasoning
- ▹Give timely, constructive first responses to contributors
- ▹Maintain tooling for scoring, Linear state tracking, CODEOWNERS routing, and stale PR automation
- ▹Debug and fix bugs affecting contributors, node behaviour, or workflow reliability
- ▹Make targeted documentation improvements to reduce friction for contributors and builders
- ▹Surface patterns from PRs, node submissions, and contributor feedback to the internal engineering team
- ▹Contribute to node enhancements and adjacent engineering tasks that make n8n easier to extend and maintain
Requirements
- ▹Strong hands-on experience building, debugging, and maintaining production-quality JavaScript or TypeScript code
- ▹Ability to investigate bugs in a codebase with external dependencies such as APIs, SDKs, and third-party services
- ▹Understanding of REST APIs and common authentication methods such as OAuth and API keys
- ▹Familiarity with n8n or workflow automation; basic node development is a strong plus
- ▹Comfort with CLI tools and package managers such as npm or pnpm
- ▹Clear written communication in async community settings such as PR comments and review threads
Nice to have
- ▹Open-source contribution experience, even small fixes, docs updates, or community PRs
- ▹Community-facing technical experience supporting developers or contributors directly
- ▹Experience at a Series A/B startup or developer tooling company
Soft skills
What we offer
- ▹Competitive compensation
- ▹Equity in n8n
- ▹30 days of vacation in Europe plus public holidays
- ▹Health, wellness, and pension benefits according to local country norms
- ▹Annual €1K (or equivalent) budget for courses, books, events, or coaching
- ▹Regular hackathons
- ▹Remote-first work across Europe with regular off-sites
- ▹$100 per month to support open-source projects
- ▹Unlimited AI tool budget
- ▹Visa sponsorship to Germany possible
About the company
n8n is an open workflow orchestration platform built for the AI era, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Berlin with a team of over 260 across Europe and the US. It has a community of more than 650,000 active developers, 190K+ GitHub stars (Top 40 most popular projects worldwide), and is backed by investors including Sequoia and a strategic investment from SAP, at a $5.2bn valuation.