Jan Oberhauser
Founder CEO at n8n.io
Berlin, Germany
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Jan Oberhauser is a founder and CEO based in Berlin with 11 years of experience bridging VFX compositing, pipeline engineering and product-led software. He started in compositing and stereo work on major studio pipelines and evolved into technical leadership roles (Pipeline TD) before founding multiple startups, most recently n8n.io, an automation platform where he also contributes to documentation and developer tooling. Technically fluent across C++, Python, MEL, and visual effects tools like Nuke, Maya and Houdini, he combines hands‑on scripting with product vision to streamline creative and engineering workflows. An early web developer by trade, he brings a rare mix of low-level programming chops and creative pipeline experience to building developer-centric products.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
2009 Audiovisuelle Medien, 2009 Audiovisuelle Medien at Stuttgart Media UniversityAssistant for Information and Communication Technology, Assistant for Information and Communication Technology at Scientific-Technical Academy Prof. Dr. Grübler, Isny
Github Skills (7)
documentation10
vue-jsx9
github-pages9
vue9
javascript8
algolia7
google-analytics6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
n8n-io/n8n-docs
May 2020 - Oct 2022
Documentation for n8n, a fair-code licensed automation tool with a free community edition and powerful enterprise options. Build AI functionality into your workflows.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:9 reviews, 34 commits, 10 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jan primarily contributed to the n8n-docs repository by updating and maintaining the documentation. Their work includes adding, removing, and reorganizing documentation pages related to various features and concepts of the n8n platform. Furthermore, they implemented redirects for legacy links and integrated Google Analytics and Algolia DocSearch to enhance the user experience and website analytics. They also added code for deployment to GitHub Pages.
n8nkubernetesautomationworkflow
faircode-io/faircode
Dec 2019 - Apr 2022
Fair code
Contributions:10 commits, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 2 years 3 months
fair-code
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