N8n Engineer
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About This Role
Overview
As Astera, we are looking for an
n8n Automation Engineer
for a full-time, onsite position in
Dubai
, on behalf of our client.
The role will be responsible for designing, building, testing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade workflow automations for HR lifecycle processes.
We are seeking candidates with strong hands-on experience in
n8n workflow orchestration, API integrations, business rule-based automation, approval routing, exception handling, auditability, and secure handling of enterprise data
.
Required Experience: 4–6 Years
Role summary:
The n8n Automation Engineer will
design, build, test, deploy, and maintain
production-grade workflow automations for
HR lifecycle processes
.
The role will focus on
n8n
workflow orchestration, enterprise API integration, business rule execution, approval routing, exception handling, auditability, and integration of approved AI services into business
workflows.
Key responsibilities
1.
Design, build, test, and maintain production-grade n8n workflows for HR lifecycle processes, including eligibility validation, approval routing, service-level agreement monitoring, document handling, notification triggers, and exception management
2.
Implement workflow-level business rule validation based on business approved HR policies, eligibility criteria, and governance controls
3.
Integrate n8n workflows with
Oracle EBS HRMS
, backend services,
REST/SOAP APIs,
databases, and approved government or enterprise systems
4.
Configure webhooks, scheduled triggers, event-based workflows, conditional branches, retries, fallbacks, escalations, and exception paths
5.
Implement workflow audit logging, execution traceability, structured error handling, and retry mechanisms for critical workflow steps
6.
Manage workflow testing, versioning, deployment, and change control across development, testing, staging, and production environments
7.
Integrate approved AI/LLM services into workflows where required, including calling AI agent APIs, passing workflow context, handling AI responses, and routing exceptions
8.
Build workflow test cases covering standard paths, exception paths, failed integrations, approval rejections, policy validation failures, and edge cases
9.
Support secure credential handling, API authentication, and least-privilege access patterns withinn8n workflows
10.
Work with the AI/ML Engineer, Integration Engineer, Oracle HCM Technical Developer, Solution Architect, and HR/L&D Functional Consultant to translate approved business logic into reliable workflow automations
11.
Support production troubleshooting, defect resolution, workflow optimization, and performance tuning
12.
Participate in sprint planning, sprint reviews, defect triage, user acceptance testing support, and production readiness activities
Skills and requirements
- Must have:
- **n8n**
- workflow design, deployment, debugging, and maintenance
- Production workflow automation experience using n8n or similar workflow automation tools
- **REST/SOAP API**
- integration with enterprise systems
- Webhooks, scheduled jobs, event-driven workflows, and conditional workflow logic
- Workflow error handling, retries, fallbacks, and exception management
- Business rule implementation in workflow automation platforms
- **JSON, basic SQL,**
- data mapping, and data transformation inside workflows
- API authentication and secure credential handling
- Workflow testing, versioning, and release management
- Audit logging and workflow execution traceability
- Experience working with enterprise HR, government, or regulated systems
- Nice to have:
- Oracle EBS HRMS / Bayanati familiarity
- UAE federal government or HR systems experience
- Basic understanding of LLM/RAG systems
- Nodejs / NestJS familiarity
- PostgreSQL experience
- Docker or self-hosted n8n deployment experience
- Arabic/English workflow or chatbot implementation experience
- Technology stack:
- Core technologies:
- n8n
- REST/SOAP APIs
- Webhooks
- JSON
- SQL
- API authentication
- Git
- Supporting technologies:
• Nodejs / NestJS
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
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