> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/1119206-forward-deployed-engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/1119206-forward-deployed-engineer). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Forward Deployed Engineer - **Company:** n8n - **Location:** London, UK (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Node.Js, Open Source Technology, Delivery Pipeline, Event Driven Architecture, Build Management, Integration Frameworks, Nintex - **Published:** July 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=26f2b994157624e5 ## About the Role Must-haves Strong engineering background: You have solid full-stack or backend engineering experience and have built integrations, APIs, or automation pipelines in production environments. Integration-building expertise: You can create custom nodes, extend existing integrations, and work confidently with APIs, authentication patterns, data models, and event-driven systems. Product-minded technical execution: You can distinguish between a one-off customer workaround, a reusable node improvement, and a product feature worth escalating. Customer-facing confidence: You're comfortable working directly in customer environments and can build trust with engineers, operators, and non-technical stakeholders. Solution design skills: You can take a messy operational problem and turn it into a clean, practical technical design. Strong technical judgment: You know when to build, when to push back, and how to avoid gold-plating solutions that should stay simple. Willingness to travel: You're open to travelling roughly 30-40% of the time for on-site engagements, primarily across Europe. Speed to productive: You can quickly understand new industries, tech stacks, and customer environments without needing everything to be neatly defined. Nice-to-haves Workflow automation experience: You have familiarity with n8n or similar workflow automation tools. Enterprise deployment experience: You've worked with strategic enterprise accounts in complex technical environments. Node or connector development: You've built custom nodes, connectors, plugins, SDKs, or reusable integration frameworks. Forward deployed experience: You've worked in a forward deployed, solutions engineering, or similar role at a product-led technical organization. Product feedback experience: You've helped turn customer learnings into clear product feedback, roadmap input, or engineering specifications. ## Description Your main goal will be to turn n8n's most strategic enterprise deployments into production-ready success stories by embedding on-site, solving real customer problems, and building reusable automation patterns that shape our product. To do so, you'll work directly with customers, Deployment Strategists, and Product to make every engagement high-impact, scalable, and repeatable: Drive high-impact enterprise deployments Embed on-site with enterprise customers for focused 5-day deployment engagements, arriving with a hypothesis and leaving with production workflows in place. Partner closely with Deployment Strategists to align technical execution with customer priorities, stakeholder needs, and adoption goals. Build trust with technical and non-technical stakeholders by turning complex customer environments into clear, actionable solutions. Build production-grade automation solutions Design and build workflows, integrations, and custom nodes tailored to each customer's environment and scalable beyond the initial use case. Extend existing n8n nodes or add missing functionality where needed to unlock high-value enterprise use cases. Translate ambiguous business problems into concrete automation designs that prioritize real customer value over technical complexity. Work across industries and tech stacks, getting productive quickly in new environments. Bridge customer needs with Product and Engineering Identify when a bespoke customer requirement should become a reusable node improvement, product feature, or platform capability. Create a clear feedback loop with Product and Engineering by documenting technical gaps, customer context, implementation learnings, and prioritization signals. Contribute reusable learnings, workflows, custom nodes, and integration patterns to an internal playbook library. Turn customer learnings into product and playbooks Identify when a bespoke customer requirement should become a core product feature and document it clearly for Product. Contribute reusable learnings, workflows, and patterns to an internal playbook library. Help ensure every engagement makes the next one faster, stronger, and more productized. Keep engagements focused and scalable Deliver time-boxed customer engagements with clear outcomes, rather than open-ended professional services work., + US: Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance to support you and your loved ones. * Career growth - We hire rising stars who grow with us! You'll get €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching to level up your skills. * A passionate team - We love our product, and we prove it with regular hackathons where we see who can build the coolest thing with it! * Remote-first - Our team works remotely across Europe, with regular off-sites for team bonding. Some roles, like sales in the US, are hybrid-please check the job description. * Giving back - We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about. * AI enablement - We believe in working smarter-everyone gets an unlimited AI budget to explore and use the best tools to boost productivity and creativity. * Transparency - We all know what everyone's working on, how the company is doing-the whole shebang. * Country-specific details are provided in your contract. ## Related Videos - [The internal developer platform and golden paths: Scaffolding for cloud-native development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1039-the-internal-developer-platform-and-golden-paths-scaffolding-for-cloud-native-development) - [Answering the Million Dollar Question: Why did I Break Production?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1171-answering-the-million-dollar-question-why-did-i-break-production) - [Stop using Node.js like in 2020! 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