Brex
Large (~1,600)
n8n
Mid (~300)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
n8n
Best for: Generalist engineers who love open-source tooling, want genuine async remote flexibility, and are excited by workflow automation and the developer tools space
Ratings
Brexn8n
4.0
4.5
Overall
3.9
4.0
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.6
Culture & Values
4.0
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.3
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.3
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Jan Oberhauser)
Culture Values
Brex only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
n8n only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🪟 Transparent
Pros & Cons
Brex
- Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
- Strong benefits and time off actively encouraged with flexible scheduling
- Culture of overworking — many departments understaffed relative to workload expectations
- Multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years have created uncertainty and morale challenges
n8n
- Exceptional remote-first culture with high trust, autonomy, and smart collaborative teammates
- Fast-growing open-source product with real impact — lots of ownership in a low-ego environment
- Hypergrowth means priorities shift frequently and processes are still being defined
- Startup intensity can be stressful; some concerns about product leadership direction
Bottom Line
Brex
Choose Brex if you want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues — but expect intense workloads and some organizational instability from recent layoffs.
n8n
One of the highest-rated companies on the list (4.5 Glassdoor, 90% recommend) — genuinely remote-first, async, transparent, and OSS-driven. Small headcount means limited specialization but broad ownership and real impact.
Open Roles
Brex — 250 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
80
💻 Engineering
51
📋 Product
20
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
14
📊 Data
10
👤 HR / People
8
⚙️ Operations
8
💰 Finance
5
⚖️ Legal
3
🎧 Support
2
n8n — 43 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
21
💻 Engineering
10
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
2
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
📣 Marketing
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. n8n scores 4.5/5.0 overall with a 4.0 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Transparent. Brex also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. n8n also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Open Source, Flat Hierarchy, Async-First, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Brex has 250 open roles and n8n has 43 open roles.