Staff Platform Engineer, Agentic Engineering

About this role

Lead n8n’s engineering-wide agentic development initiative, turning existing AI-agent experiments into reliable, secure workflows used across software development. This hands-on staff-level role will set technical direction, build platform foundations, and measure whether agent-assisted engineering improves quality and productivity.

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

Developer Platform, working across the ACDC (Agent-centric Development Cycle) initiative.

Stack

What you'll do

• Set strategy and priorities for agent execution, repository readiness, CI, security, and developer workflows.
• Build isolated agent execution environments with appropriate access controls and safeguards.
• Make the monorepo more suitable for agents through improvements to structure, testability, and context.
• Create workflows connecting issues to agent execution, verification, review, and merged pull requests.
• Integrate agent workflows with GitHub, CI, testing, and code review.
• Define benchmarks and quality, adoption, and safety measures; use results to adjust or retire solutions.
• Influence technical direction across teams and report progress to engineering leadership.

What we're looking for

• Daily hands-on use of coding agents and experience building infrastructure or workflows around them.
• Staff-level ownership of cross-team platform, developer experience, or engineering productivity initiatives.
• Experience making agent safety decisions involving permissions, secrets, sandboxing, sensitive code, and human review.
• Ability to establish technical direction and alignment without formal authority.
• Experience building evaluations or benchmarks and using results to guide decisions.
• Strong internal-platform product mindset, including prioritization and build-versus-buy decisions.
• Technical writing that influences team decisions.

Nice to have

• Experience with large TypeScript, Node.js, or JavaScript monorepos.
• Experience with developer platforms, CI, test infrastructure, or preview environments.
• Experience mentoring engineers or helping grow a team.
• Open-source or source-available project contributions.
• B2B SaaS, workflow automation, or AI orchestration experience.

Benefits

• Equity.
• 30 days of vacation plus public holidays in Europe.
• €1,000 annual learning and development budget.
• Remote-first work and regular team off-sites.
• $100 monthly allowance to support open-source projects.