Lead Forward Deployed Engineer - EMEA
Customer successRemote — EMEA
Published on 2026-11-11
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About this role
Lead and grow n8n’s regional Forward Deployed Engineering team, helping enterprise customers turn automation opportunities into production-ready workflows. The role combines hands-on technical delivery with team leadership, regional engagement planning, and work to help customers become self-sufficient.
About the company
n8n is a workflow automation platform that lets teams connect apps and build AI-powered automations with a visual editor or code.
The team
Regional Forward Deployed Engineering, working with Customer Success, Sales, Partnerships, Product, and Engineering.
Stack
n8nAPIsworkflow automationintegration platformslow-code tools
What you'll do
- Hire, coach, and manage regional Forward Deployed Engineers while maintaining a high standard for technical delivery.
- Prioritize and scope customer engagements, staffing work, and defining success criteria and timelines.
- Lead delivery of production-ready enterprise workflows and integrations, and measure customer outcomes.
- Help customers build the skills to maintain and scale their own automations.
- Create reusable workflow templates, reference architectures, and workshop materials.
- Support partner readiness and delivery quality, and share customer feedback with Product and Engineering.
What we're looking for
- 6+ years in customer-facing technical roles at a software company, such as FDE, solutions engineering, professional services, or technical consulting.
- 2+ years leading and coaching technical teams.
- Hands-on experience with workflow automation, integration platforms, or low-code tools.
- Experience delivering production-ready enterprise workflows and integrations, including APIs, authentication, data handling, security, and architecture.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and customer-outcome focus.
- Based in EMEA and willing to travel to customer sites when needed.
Nice to have
- Experience with n8n or similar workflow automation platforms.
- Experience working with systems integrators or external delivery partners.
- Experience building or scaling a regional technical delivery team.
Benefits
- Equity.
- 30 days of vacation in Europe, plus local public holidays.
- Annual €1,000 learning and development budget.
- Remote-first work and regular team off-sites.
- €100 monthly allowance to support open-source projects.