n8n Technical Lead – AI Automation

Location : Remote

Engagement Type : Full-Time

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced AI Automation Tech Lead who will play a key role in designing and delivering automation and AI-driven workflows using the n8n framework. This role requires a strong combination of technical leadership, hands-on engineering, and the ability to collaborate with business stakeholders.

The Tech Lead will work closely with the Business Consultant to understand requirements, design architecture, mentor developers, solve technical challenges, and contribute directly to implementation.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys both strategic ownership and individual contributor (IC) hands-on development work.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

Understand client requirements along with the Business Consultant and translate them into technical workflows and architecture.

Lead and guide the development team in building scalable and maintainable n8n automation workflows.

Conduct code reviews, provide mentorship, and enforce engineering best practices.

Define technical roadmap, integration standards, and design patterns for automation and AI workflows.

Hands-On Engineering

Build and optimize automation workflows using n8n , including :

Custom nodes

Conditional logic

Error-handling and retry logic

Third-party API integrations

Develop components to support AI use cases (LLM orchestration, prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, vector databases, embeddings, contextual memory, etc.).

Deploy and maintain infrastructure for n8n workflows using Docker, Postgres, CI / CD pipelines, and cloud platforms.

Troubleshoot complex workflow or integration issues and provide scalable solutions.

Soft Skills

Strong ownership mindset with the ability to execute independently.

Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Strong communication skills to translate technical concepts into business language.

Collaborative mindset with the ability to support, guide, and uplift the development team.