Senior Legal Counsel, Product

About the role

n8n is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel, Product to act as its privacy and product counsel. You will be a trusted legal partner to the Product and R&D leadership and teams, supporting their roadmap, advising on AI regulation readiness and wider digital regulatory requirements, and shaping an AI-first legal strategy within a growing Legal team. You report to the General Counsel.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with Product and R&D (about 80% of the role) on AI regulation readiness: EU AI Act, risk classification, risk assessments, due diligence, AI use policies and transparency commitments.
• Help the Legal team prepare for wider digital regulation such as the EU Data Act, from horizon scanning to compliance roadmaps.
• Join roadmap, design and launch reviews, advise on platform and product terms, and turn legal requirements into clear product requirements for engineers.
• Advise on open-source, fair-code and open-core licensing, and on IP questions around AI-generated outputs, machine learning models and training data.
• Support Product and Engineering with customer, community and regulator questions, and advise on complex technology and commercial deals (about 20% of the role).
• Improve legal templates, playbooks and training materials, and work with Automation and Legal Operations to improve self-serve legal processes.

Required profile

• Qualified lawyer (Europe-based) with 5+ years post-qualification experience, including at least 3 years in an in-house SaaS or technology environment at a startup or scale-up.
• Fluent English, able to explain legal nuance simply to global stakeholders.
• Substantial hands-on experience advising technology teams on regulations such as the EU AI Act, with a track record of getting up to speed quickly.
• Experience supporting engineers, product managers and sales teams while balancing legal risk with product and revenue goals.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and in fast-scaling environments; solid experience with SaaS and self-hosted software license agreements.

Nice-to-have

• Interest in legal tech, AI tools and scalable internal systems.
• AIGP or equivalent AI or technology law credential.
• German, to communicate with customers and stakeholders.

What we offer

• Equity in the company.
• 30 vacation days in Europe, 20 in the US, plus public holidays.
• Medical, dental and vision coverage in the US; pension contributions and 401(k) with employer match in the US.
• $100 per month to support open-source projects.
• €1K per year for courses, books, events or coaching.
• Remote-first work across Europe, with regular off-sites.