Forward Deployed Engineer - US East Coast

About this role

n8n seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed on-site with enterprise customers, design and build production-grade automation workflows, and translate customer needs into scalable solutions. You'll drive 5-day deployment engagements, extend integration capabilities, and feed learnings back to Product to shape the platform.

What you'll do

• Embed on-site with enterprise customers for focused 5-day deployment engagements to deliver production-ready workflows
• Design and build custom workflows, integrations, and nodes tailored to customer environments and scalable use cases
• Extend existing n8n nodes or create missing functionality to unlock high-value enterprise automation opportunities
• Partner with Deployment Strategists and Product to align technical solutions with customer priorities and adoption goals
• Identify bespoke requirements that should become reusable product features and document gaps for the engineering team
• Contribute workflows, custom nodes, and integration patterns to an internal playbook library for faster future engagements

What they're looking for

• Full-stack or backend engineering with production integration experience
• API design, authentication patterns, and data modeling
• Event-driven systems and integration pipeline development
• Custom node creation and n8n platform extension
• Customer communication and stakeholder management
• Workflow design and automation architecture
• Rapid environment onboarding and technical problem-solving
• Product thinking and feature prioritization