Senior/Staff Product Designer

Job description

The AI orchestration of your wildest imagination. n8n is the open workflow orchestration platform built for the new era of AI. We give technical teams the freedom of code with the speed of no-code, so they can automate faster, smarter, and without limits. Backed by a fiercely inventive community and 500+ builder-approved integrations, we’re changing the way people bring systems together and scale ideas for impact. Since our founding in 2019, we’ve grown into a diverse team of over 260 - working across Europe and the US, connected by a shared builder spirit and with our centre of gravity in Berlin. Along the way, we’ve: - Cultivated a community of more than 650,000 active developers and builders - Earned 190K+ GitHub stars, making us one of the world’s Top 40 most popular projects - Backed by top investors, from Sequoia’s first German seed to our SAP's recent strategic investment - bringing us to a $5.2bn valuation That’s the company we’ve built. Now we’d love to see what you can build. If you’re applying, try n8n out - whether you’re technical or not - and share a screenshot of your first workflow with us. The easiest place to start is here: app.n8n.cloud/register http://app.n8n.cloud/register. We’re in a defining moment of an incredible journey. Come and build with us. We’re looking for a seasoned Product Designer who thrives in ambiguity and challenging problem spaces. n8n is a powerful, flexible technical tool, which means the problems you tackle as a designer are complex. Your design decisions must account for diverse user workflows, technical constraints, and how changes impact the entire platform. To thrive here, you will need to love talking to users, understanding technology, and reducing complexity and scope. We’re currently hiring for different teams with specific focus on: - Enterprise: You’ve worked on technical B2B platforms where workflows are the product. You’ve designed for scale, governance and collaboration across teams including permissions, environments, observability and failure modes included and you’re comfortable making deeply complex systems feel coherent and simple. - AI: This team is perfect for designers who've worked on AI tools, agents, or builders and want to push the boundaries of AI-powered automation. You'll define the future of AI-powered workflows. - Growth: We're seeking a designer who thrives on rapid iteration and experimentation. You have experience optimizing onboarding and activation flows, you're motivated by moving metrics, and you excel at testing, learning, and iterating quickly. - Marketplace: This role is ideal for designers experienced with multi-sided platforms (like e-commerce or talent marketplaces) where you balance distinct needs of the supply and demand sides. You'll build something new from the ground up in a brand new team. Our team structure evolves quickly and these team assignments may shift in the coming weeks. 🎯 Regardless of the team your main goal will be to lead end-to-end product design on complex workflows that elevate n8n’s user experience, ship measurable outcomes, and raise the quality bar across our platform. To do so, here are your responsibilities: END-TO-END PRODUCT DESIGN - Lead the full design process for your team, from discovery to polished delivery, collaborating closely with PMs and engineers. - Consistently ship high-quality, visually cohesive designs that improve the overall UX at every release. - Work effectively on complex features with a strong engineering mindset and understanding of the underlying technology. - Take ownership of complex, multi-faceted problems and drive them to completion with initiative and autonomy. RESEARCH, FEEDBACK, AND UX QUALITY - Champion the user by running interviews, usability tests, and research to inform critical product and business decisions. - Master the feedback loop by gathering, synthesizing, and acting on input while giving actionable critique to elevate teammates’ work. - Balance speed and quality in an MVP-driven environment, navigating ambiguity while maintaining a high bar. SYSTEMS THINKING AND PLATFORM COHERENCE - Design in systems, integrating solutions into the broader n8n platform and safeguarding the product’s big picture. - Account for edge cases, constraints, and interaction details so users never end up in impossible states. - Collaborate across teams and designers to ensure consistency and quality across shared patterns and components. STRATEGY, IMPACT, AND INNOVATION - Shape team strategy by influencing planning, prioritization, and scope with a strong design perspective tied to KPIs. - Explore and adopt AI and automation tools to push the boundaries of design practice and AI-powered workflows. REQUIREMENTS MUST-HAVES - 🎨 Product design excellence: You’re proficient across product design, UX, UI, and qualitative research, delivering polished, detail-oriented work. - 🧠 Technical mindset: You collaborate effectively with engineers and understand how software is built, including common web technologies. - 🧭 Ownership & delivery: You’ve shipped end-to-end features in smaller teams or startups and can drive complex problems to measurable outcomes. - ⚡ Fast, focused execution: You operate at high speed in an MVP-driven environment, balancing quality and velocity amid ambiguity. - 📈 Outcome orientation: You use research and metrics to inform decisions and consistently deliver solutions that enable team KPIs. - 🤝 Feedback & collaboration: You’re open and non-defensive in critique and provide actionable feedback that raises the team’s bar. - 🧪 Curiosity for AI: You’re enthusiastic about AI and innovation, actively exploring new tools and approaches to advance the craft. - 📅 Experience level: You have 5+ years in product design with demonstrable impact on shipped products. NICE-TO-HAVES - 💻 Front-end fluency: You can prototype or collaborate using HTML/CSS/JavaScript frameworks. - 🧩 AI & automation domain: You’ve designed AI or automation products; familiarity with n8n is a plus. - 🔁 Process improvement: You proactively refine team rituals and workflows to increase effectiveness. - 📚 Continuous growth: You invest in your craft and are motivated by creating tangible product and company impact. - 🔎 Discovery frameworks: You know methodologies like Continuous Discovery or Shape Up. - 📊 Data-informed design: You’re comfortable with metrics, A/B testing, or SQL to guide decisions. - 🚀 Entrepreneurial drive: You’ve built startups or side projects that show initiative and creative problem-solving. Why join us? At n8n, your work won’t disappear into a slide deck. You’ll lead high-impact design across core product surfaces—shaping AI-powered workflows, enterprise features, growth journeys, or a new marketplace—from discovery to delivery. You’ll join a fast-growing, remote-first company where autonomy, experimentation, and craft matter, partnering closely with PMs and engineers to ship real outcomes to a passionate global community. Sound like a challenge you’re excited to take on? Apply now — and help us build the future of automation. n8n is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We can sponsor visas to Germany; for any other country, you need to have existing right to work. Our company language is English. You care about diversity and inclusion? We do too! Check out our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives at n8n https://www.notion.so/Diversity-inclusion-and-belonging-n8n-c1bec2fff536422d868b1a438d990e35?pvs=21 (https://www.notion.so/n8n/Diversity-inclusion-and-belonging-n8n-c1bec2fff536422d868b1a438d990e35). Location disclaimer: If you see multiple job postings for the same role, it is most likely because we're hiring remotely for this role and posting in different locations to make sure every potential candidate can see the role. Please apply to the location you're the most likely to work from in the future. BENEFITS - Competitive compensation 💸 – We offer fair and attractive pay. - Ownership 💪 – Our core value is to “empower others,” and we mean it—you’ll get a slice of n8n with equity. - Work/life balance 🏖️ – We work hard but ensure you have time to recharge: - Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are. - US: 20 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are. - Health & wellness 🩺 – - Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.* - US: Multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with coverage for individuals and families—plus a no-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-seeded HSA—along with dental and vision coverage. - Future planning 💰 – - Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.* - US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match. - Financial security 🛡️ – - Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.* - 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. - 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.