Senior Legal Counsel US (Remote East Coast)
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.
We’re in a defining moment of an incredible journey. Come and build with us.
🎯 Your main goal will be to anchor n8n’s US go-to-market by accelerating Enterprise and Mid-Market deal velocity as the on-the-ground legal lead who can make principled risk calls without escalation.
To do so, here are your responsibilities:
Own US commercial contracting
Lead end-to-end negotiation of complex enterprise SaaS agreements, with a special focus on banks and financial services.
Make clear, business-savvy risk trade-offs within agreed guardrails to unblock revenue quickly.
Reduce outside counsel spend and cycle time by providing responsive coverage across US time zones.
Build & enforce US playbooks
Create, localize, and maintain AMER-specific playbooks, fallback positions, and clause libraries.
Partner with legal ops to standardize templates, automate workflows, and scale deal desk processes.
Train GTM teams on positions and escalation paths to drive consistency.
Drive US privacy, security, & AI readiness
Advise on US privacy/marketing laws (CCPA/CPRA, state patchwork, cookies/lead-gen) and align with SOC 2 buyer expectations.
Counsel Product on AI-powered features, data usage, and state AI guidance; operationalize international data transfer mechanisms.
Coordinate with Security and IT to address customer questionnaires and regulatory riders.
Scale GTM operations & cross-functional impact
Partner with Sales, CS, RevOps, Finance, and Marketing to streamline quote-to-close and renewals.
Influence deal desk and pricing/packaging motions with practical, data-driven guidance.
Provide strategic commercial counsel on US expansion and regulatory strategy.
Support US corporate matters
Lead support for n8n US Inc. on corporate governance and commercial vendor contracts.
Implement contract tooling and metadata hygiene to enable reporting and insights.
Own continuous improvement of processes in a fast-moving, high-ambiguity environment.
REQUIREMENTS
Must-haves
📄 6–10 years’ PQE in commercial SaaS: You have deep in-house experience closing complex enterprise deals and owning redlines to signature.
⚖️ Active US bar membership: You’re licensed and in good standing, able to advise across US jurisdictions.
🔐 US privacy & marketing expertise: You navigate CCPA/CPRA and the state patchwork, cookies/lead-gen rules, and understand SOC 2 buyer expectations.
🏦 Finserv enterprise negotiations: You’ve closed with banks/finserv, handling security, data protection, AI, and regulatory riders with confidence.
🧭 Judgment & communication: You make principled, business-aligned risk calls and communicate them crisply to executives and Sales.
🧰 Playbooks & tooling: You’ve built playbooks/clause libraries and implemented contract tooling to scale commercial operations.
⏱️ US time zone coverage: You provide responsive support that reduces bottlenecks and outside counsel spend.
Nice-to-haves
🏛️ Public sector exposure: You understand US public procurement dynamics and emerging state/federal AI guidance.
🛡️ Litigation triage: You can assess and coordinate responses to patent assertions and session replay/wiretap claims.
🧪 OSS & AI licensing: You’re comfortable with open-source licensing basics and AI/LLM product terms.
Why join us?
At n8n, your work won’t disappear into a slide deck. You’ll be the first US-based commercial/privacy legal seat at a hypergrowth AI workflow leader—shaping our paper, our positions, and how we win enterprise deals at scale. You’ll have direct access to the Head of Legal & Compliance, partner closely with Sales leadership, Product, Security, and RevOps, and build the US legal foundation that powers our next stage of growth.
You’ll join a supportive, remote-first team that values autonomy, experimentation, and smart tooling—backed by a passionate community and a fair-code product loved by builders. If you’re excited to move fast, own outcomes as a senior IC, and create playbooks that accelerate revenue, this is your platform to make an outsized impact.
Sound like a challenge you’re excited to take on?
Apply now — and help us build the future of automation.
n8n is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We can sponsor visas to Germany; for any other country, you need to have existing right to work.
Our company language is English.
You care about diversity and inclusion? We do too! Check out our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives at n8n (https://www.notion.so/n8n/Diversity-inclusion-and-belonging-n8n-c1bec2fff536422d868b1a438d990e35).
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.
Benefits
Competitive compensation 💸 – We offer fair and attractive pay.
Ownership 💪 – Our core value is to “empower others,” and we mean it—you’ll get a slice of n8n with equity.
Work/life balance 🏖️ – We work hard but ensure you have time to recharge:
Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are.
US: 15 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are.
Health & wellness 🩺 –
Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
US: Multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with coverage for individuals and families—plus a no-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-seeded HSA—along with dental and vision coverage.
Future planning 💰 –
Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.*
US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match.
Financial security 🛡️ –
Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
US: Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance to support you and your loved ones.
Career growth 📈 – We hire rising stars who grow with us! You’ll get €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching to level up your skills.
A passionate team 🤩 – We love our product, and we prove it with regular hackathons where we see who can build the coolest thing with it!
Remote-first 🌏 – Our team works remotely across Europe, with regular off-sites for team bonding. Some roles, like sales in the US, are hybrid—please check the job description.
Giving back 🤝 – We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about.
AI enablement 🤖 – We believe in working smarter—everyone gets an unlimited AI budget to explore and use the best tools to boost productivity and creativity.
Transparency 🙏 – We all know what everyone’s working on, how the company is doing—the whole shebang.
An ambitious but kind culture 😍 – People love working here—our eNPS for 2024 is 94!
* Country-specific details are provided in your contract.