Head of Security

Head of Security 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 220 - 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 145k+ GitHub stars, making us one of the world’s Top 40 most popular projects - Been ranked as one of Europe’s most promising privately held SaaS startups (4th in Sifted’s 2025 B2B SaaS Rising 100) - Raised $240m to date, from Sequoia’s first German seed to our recent $180m Series C - bringing us to a $2.5bn 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. 🎯 Your main goal will be to define and raise n8n’s security posture so we can scale product innovation, support enterprise growth, and help engineering teams ship securely by default. To do so, you’ll build the foundations, systems, and team that make security a practical and trusted part of how we operate: SECURITY STRATEGY AND OWNERSHIP - Define what “secure” means for n8n across product, platform, and customer-facing security commitments. - Set the security roadmap, clarify priorities, and drive pragmatic decisions on the highest-impact risks. - Act as the company’s central security leader, bringing visibility, direction, and accountability across engineering and leadership. SECURITY ENABLEMENT FOR ENGINEERING - Build the tooling, guardrails, and workflows that help engineering teams ship secure code without unnecessary friction. - Embed security into the SDLC through pragmatic reviews, standards, automation, and developer education. - Partner with teams across product and engineering to ensure security is considered early in architecture, infrastructure, and delivery decisions. VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT, INCIDENTS, AND TRUST - Own vulnerability management operations, including intake, triage, disclosure, bug bounty coordination, and remediation follow-through. - Lead incident readiness and response by creating playbooks, running exercises, and coordinating investigations when needed. - Drive Trust & Safety enablement by improving how we handle abuse risk, AI-related threat vectors, and platform misuse. TEAM BUILDING AND ENTERPRISE READINESS - Build and lead n8n’s security function over time, including hiring and shaping the team based on evolving business needs. - Support enterprise growth through strong security questionnaire responses, customer conversations, and clear evidence of our practices. - Establish scalable ways of working with Engineering, IT, Legal, and leadership so security responsibilities are clear and effective. REQUIREMENTS MUST-HAVES - 🛡️ Security leadership experience: You have significant experience leading security in a SaaS, cloud, or product-led technology environment, with ownership beyond isolated technical tasks. - 🧰 Hands-on product and platform security depth: You have strong practical experience in application security, cloud or platform security, vulnerability management, and secure engineering practices. - ⚖️ Pragmatic risk judgment: You know how to define priorities, make trade-offs, and focus teams on the security work that matters most. - 🤝 Cross-functional influence ... (truncated, view full listing at source)