Senior Legal Counsel (Europe Remote)

The AI orchestration of your wildest imagination.

n8n is the open AI 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 160 - 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

• And are grateful for our 94 eNPS score (most companies would call 70 excellent)

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.

We’re in a defining moment of an incredible journey. Come and build with us.

Your main goal will be to support the build-out of n8n’s legal function as a foundational hire — enabling our sales team to close complex deals at scale while shaping a modern, AI-first legal strategy.

To do so, here are your responsibilities:

Drive commercial contracting

• Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of agreements including SaaS (cloud and on-prem), DPA, channel, partnership, and vendor contracts

• Partner closely with the sales and revenue teams to drive deals to close

• Deliver creative, risk-based solutions that unlock revenue and protect the business

Partner on data, privacy, and AI

• Provide pragmatic legal advice on GDPR, international data transfers, CCPA, and other global privacy frameworks

• Advise cross-functional teams on the legal implications of AI in product development and go-to-market strategy

• Help set a scalable, forward-looking approach to AI and privacy governance

Scale legal as a business enabler

• Work with stakeholders across the company to solve legal questions in real-time with a builder mindset

• Improve and maintain scalable legal templates, playbooks, and training materials

• Help design and implement a self-serve legal portal and processes to support a fast-scaling global team

REQUIREMENTS

Must-haves

• ⚖️ Qualified lawyer (Europe-based): You're a qualified legal professional with 5+ years PQE, ideally with both top-tier law firm and in-house SaaS experience

• Strong English fluency: You can clearly communicate legal nuance in plain terms to global stakeholders

• Commercial contracts expert: You have deep experience in SaaS agreements, open-source licensing, and commercial deal-making