Mercury
Large (~1,300)
n8n
Mid (~300)
Best For
Mercury
Best for: Engineers who want product ownership and fast growth building startup banking infrastructure
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
Mercuryn8n
4.3
4.5
Overall
3.8
4.0
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.6
Culture & Values
4.0
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.3
Senior Mgmt
3.9
4.3
Career Opps
👍 79% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Immad Akhund)
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Jan Oberhauser)
Culture Values
Mercury only
🎯 Direct Product Impact⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth💎 Strong Comp & Equity
n8n only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy🪟 Transparent📡 Async-First
Shared
🧩 Wears Many Hats
Pros & Cons
Mercury
- Strong talent density with smart, motivated teammates and genuine autonomy and ownership
- Great Place to Work certified — product-first mindset with meaningful scope for every engineer
- Still figuring out how to scale processes — expect some ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Work-life balance rated 3.8/5 — periods of higher intensity during rapid growth phases
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
Mercury
Choose Mercury if you want product ownership, fast growth, and to build banking infrastructure for startups — but expect growing pains and occasionally intense workloads.
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
Mercury — 55 jobs
💻 Engineering
13
💼 Sales / GTM
11
🎨 Design
3
⚖️ Legal
3
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
2
👤 HR / People
2
📣 Marketing
2
📋 Product
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
⚙️ Operations
1
🎧 Support
1
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
Mercury scores 4.3/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. n8n scores 4.5/5.0 overall with a 4.0 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Wears Many Hats. Mercury also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth, Strong Comp & Equity. n8n also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Open Source, Flat Hierarchy, Transparent, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Mercury has 55 open roles and n8n has 43 open roles.