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Sr Security Engineer | Remote | Europe

n8n· Engineering
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RemoteFull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Senior security engineering role focused on identifying and reducing security risks across n8n's product and internal systems, leveraging threat modelling, vulnerability management, security operations, and compliance engineering in a remote, Europe-focused setup.

Responsibilities

  • Threat Modelling, Risk Assessment & Security Design: conduct threat modelling and risk assessments across product features, AI agents, cloud infrastructure, corporate IT, internal applications, and data systems; partner with Engineering, Cloud, IT, and Data teams to review security designs and define actionable security requirements; embed security into development processes with guidance, design reviews, documentation, and tooling.
  • Vulnerability Management & Coordinated Disclosure: participate in security triage rotation, assess vulnerability reports, prioritize remediation; coordinate vulnerability remediation with engineering teams; manage vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty programmes including engaging with researchers and GitHub Security Advisories.
  • Security Operations & Incident Readiness: establish and improve logging, detection, and protective monitoring; develop incident response processes, runbooks, and exercises; work with system owners to identify and remediate security gaps.
  • Customer Trust & Compliance Engineering: support SOC 2 compliance through continuous control monitoring and automated evidence collection; respond to customer security assessments with cross-functional teams; collaborate with Legal, Finance, IT to assess risks and strengthen security controls.

Qualifications

  • Threat Modelling & Risk Assessment experience with real-world systems; capable of identifying security risks and recommending practical controls.
  • Technical Security Expertise including validating findings, reproducing vulnerabilities, developing PoCs, and writing code or automation to demonstrate risks or improve processes.
  • Security Engineering Experience in infrastructure, product, or application security within a product-focused organization.
  • Cross-functional Influence as an internal security consultant influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Risk Remediation & Ownership translating findings into actionable requirements across teams.
  • AI & LLM Fluency with understanding of risks, tool usage, and limitations.
  • Clear Communication able to explain risks and document findings for engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Expertise in at least two areas among: Application Security, Platform Security, Corporate Security, Security Monitoring, Security Assurance & Compliance.

Skills

Required:Threat ModellingSecurity Testing & PoCsSecurity EngineeringCross-functional InfluenceRisk Remediation & OwnershipAI & LLM FluencyCommunication

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Ownership with equity
  • Work/life balance including region-specific vacation policies
  • Health & wellness benefits including region-specific plans
  • Future planning with pension (Europe) or 401(k) with 4% match (US)
  • Disability and life insurance (Europe/US)
  • Career growth stipend (€1K/year)
  • Remote-first with regular off-sites
  • Giving back open source allowance ($100/month)
  • Transparency about work and company status
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About n8n

AI Workflow Automation Platform & Tools - n8n

n8n is a workflow automation platform that uniquely combines AI capabilities with business process automation, giving technical teams the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code.

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