AI Workflow Automation - N8N - San Diego, CA - W2 - Contract

Role: AI AUtomation - n8n Lead/Architect
Key Skills: Custom n8n nodes, JavaScript/TypeScript, • API Integration
Experience: 10+ Years
Location: San Diego, CA
Mode: 5 Days working from office
Client: BANKING Domain

Responsibilities
•    Design, Solution & Build Workflows: Develop modular, reusable n8n workflows to automate business processes (event-driven and scheduled).
•    Lead 2-3 n8n developers including troubleshooting
•    Integration Engineering: Connect to REST/GraphQL APIs, webhooks, OAuth2/JWT auth, and common SaaS apps (e.g., Microsoft 365, Slack, Jira, ServiceNow, Salesforce, HubSpot).
•    Custom n8n Nodes: Design, Build and maintain custom nodes (TypeScript/JavaScript) when native nodes don’t meet requirements.
•    Data Handling: Transform, enrich, and validate data (JSON, XML, CSV); implement schema validation and error handling.
•    Deployment & CI/CD: Package and deploy n8n via Docker, configure environment variables/secrets, and integrate with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI).
•    Security & Compliance: Enforce least privilege, secrets management (e.g., Vault, n8n credentials), input sanitization, PII handling, and audit logging.
•    Monitoring & Observability: Configure health checks, log aggregation (e.g., ELK, Datadog), and metrics (throughput, latency, failure rates).
•    Documentation & Enablement: Produce workflow diagrams, runbooks, and versioned documentation; conduct knowledge transfer to ops and business users.
•    Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with business owners to refine requirements; deliver PoCs and then productionize with SLAs.
•    Governance: Adhere to automation standards, naming conventions, version control, and change-management procedures.

Must-Have Skills
•    Core n8n Expertise 8–10 Years Experience with 3-4 years in n8n:
•    Design and Building complex, multi-branch workflows and sub-workflows
•    Webhooks, triggers, and event-driven automations
•    n8n credentials, variables, binary data, and data passing
•    Error handling, try/catch patterns, and workflow-level fallbacks
•    Programming: Strong JavaScript/TypeScript for functions, expressions, and custom nodes.
•    Enhance workflows with AI agents by leveraging LLMs for intelligent task automation.
•    Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
•    API Integration: REST/GraphQL, pagination, rate-limiting, authentication (OAuth2, API keys, JWT), and API contract testing.
•    DevOps: Docker-based deployments, environment promotion (dev/test/prod), CI/CD, version control (Git), and configuration-as-code.
•    Data & Messaging: JSON manipulation, queues/pub-sub (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS), and webhook architectures.
•    Security: Secrets management, token lifecycle, signature validation (HMAC), and secure-by-design patterns.
•    Testing & Quality: Unit tests for custom nodes, workflow test harnesses, and regression testing approach.

Nice-to-Have Skills
•    Experience with Microsoft 365/Teams/SharePoint, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Jira/Confluence integrations.
•    Knowledge of RPA (e.g., Power Automate Desktop, UiPath) and when to use n8n vs RPA vs iPaaS.
•    SSO/Identity: Azure AD, SAML, SCIM; enterprise networking basics (proxies, firewalls).