Staff Software Engineer, Orkes
$190-210k
3 days a week in office (Cupertino, CA)
Modern workflow orchestration platform
Be an early applicant
Modern workflow orchestration platform
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$190-210k
3 days a week in office (Cupertino, CA)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower developers to build amazing applications easily without having to worry about resiliency or scale.
Role
Who you are
- Experience building backend systems, with deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot
- Proven track record architecting large-scale, distributed systems and event-driven applications
- Mastery of REST, gRPC, asynchronous messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.), and cloud-native architectures
- Demonstrated ability to lead large, cross-team technical initiatives from inception to delivery
- Strong technical mentorship and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and guide other senior engineers
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams and stakeholders
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- At Orkes, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer success. We empower our team to take ownership of their work and encourage them to explore new ideas and technologies that drive impact
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with API design, REST, and GraphQL
- Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems
- The requirements listed in the job descriptions are guidelines. You don’t have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable we would still love to hear from you
What the job involves
- Lead architecture and design for core Conductor services, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and performance at massive scale
- Tackle the most complex distributed systems challenges, influencing both near-term deliverables and future technical direction
- Collaborate with product, design, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-impact, business-critical features
- Act as a multiplier—mentoring engineers at all levels, elevating team practices, and fostering a culture of technical excellence
- Champion open-source contributions to Conductor, guiding community engagement and adoption
- Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies, frameworks, and tooling to keep Orkes at the forefront of distributed computing innovation
- Establish and enforce best practices in coding standards, testing, observability, and operational readiness
- Partner closely with leadership to align engineering initiatives with business strategy and customer needs
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends
- Department: Engineering
- Reports to: CTO
Our take
Netflix's development of Conductor, built to cope with the platform's high level of video traffic, has been hugely popular, incorporated by leading brands including Tesla, GitHub and Deutsche Telekom. The creators of Conductor have now launched Orkes, which offers a cloud version of the tool.
The platform has full compatibility with the open source version and microservices and workflow orchestration at scale. Thousands of companies rely on the tool to build and deploy mission-critical applications and execute numerous other use cases, such as data protection workflows or CI/CD pipeline orchestration.
Orkes emerged from stealth following a successful fundraise in 2022, and it has prioritized building out its engineering and go-to-market teams. After further funding was awarded in 2024, Orkes is accelerating its product roadmap, investing in developer experience and adding more resources to its open-source Conductor platform.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2024
$20m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$9.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $29.3m
Company benefits
- Fully Distributed: We believe in a remote-first, truly distributed workforce
- Stock Options: Our compensation packages optionally includes stock options
- Medical, Dental, Vision: Comprehensive health insurance, for you and your loved ones
- Flexible PTO: Take time off to rest, relax and re-charge with flexible PTO
- Flexible Work Environment: We offer flexible working hours and other arrangements to match your needs
Company HQ
Cupertino, CA
Leadership
Jeu George
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Senior Software Design Engineer at Microsoft, Founder and CTO of PINKVILLA, and Architect at Netflix and Uber.
Viren Baraiya
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously VP at Goldman Sachs, Engineering Manager at Netflix and Engineering Leader at Google.
Dilip Lukose
(Co-Founder & CPO)Previously a Director of Product Management at Redfin, the Head of Azure Edge Secure Deliver & Infrastructure at Microsoft, a Principal Product Manager at Cisco and a Senior Product Manager at AWS.
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