Senior/Staff Product Designer

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

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    Lead the full design process for your team, from discovery to polished delivery, collaborating closely with PMs and engineers.

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    Consistently ship high-quality, visually cohesive designs that improve the overall UX at every release.

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    Work effectively on complex features and understand the underlying technology.

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    Take ownership of complex, multi-faceted problems and drive them to completion with initiative and autonomy.

• Own the direction of research for your team, decide when it's needed, choose the right methodology, and take the initiative without waiting to be told.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

We're open at both levels, and we'll calibrate with you during the process. At Senior, you own your squad's design end-to-end and ship work that raises the bar for your area. At Staff, you do that, and your influence reaches beyond your own squad - you shape patterns other designers build on, and you take on the problems that span teams. Both are hands-on: this is not a step away from the craft.

• 🎨 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. You don't need to write code, but you do need genuine curiosity about what's happening underneath - APIs, webhooks, data structures and how workflows actually execute.

• 🧭 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.

• 💻 Front-end fluency: You can prototype using HTML/CSS/JavaScript, with or without AI coding tools, and can collaborate effectively with engineers on the result.

• 🧩 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.

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.