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title: 'Engineering Manager at Orkes'
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# Engineering Manager at Orkes

- **Company:** Orkes
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-04-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orkes/jobs/5203462008

## Job description

Location: Santa Clara, CA (5 days/week in office) Comp: ~$250K–$300K base + equity

## Who We Are

Building the Backbone of Distributed Applications.

At Orkes, we are reimagining how developers build reliable, scalable, event-driven applications without wrangling complex infrastructure.

Born from Netflix's battle-tested open-source project, OSS [Conductor](https://github.com/conductor-oss/conductor), our platform is now powering billions of mission critical workflows across fintech, e-commerce, logistics, healthcare, and more.

Our platform powers [billions of mission critical workflows](https://medium.com/orkes/running-a-billion-workflows-a-month-with-netflix-conductor-5fd358d9b6c1) across industries like fintech, e-commerce, logistics, and healthcare helping companies run the core operations of their business with confidence. These are the workflows behind every transaction, every delivery, every patient check-in, quietly orchestrating our digital world.

We’re solving some of the hardest infrastructure problems: how do you make distributed systems reliable, observable, and scalable – without every team having to reinvent the wheel? We absorb the complexity of distributed systems, letting teams build with confidence.

We’re hiring a strong engineering leader to own the Cloud & Platform engineering function at Orkes.

This is a high-impact, highly operational role; you’ll lead engineers while staying deeply hands-on in architecture, systems, and production challenges. The primary goal is to drive velocity of engineers on the team.

We are open to:

- A hands-on Tech Lead ready to step into management
- OR a Manager who still codes and operates at a high technical level

## What You’ll Own

Cloud & Platform Engineering

- Lead systems responsible for cloud infrastructure, deployments, and platform capabilities
- Support customer environments and production systems at scale
- Drive improvements in reliability, performance, and scalability

## Team Leadership (Player-Coach)

- Lead and mentor engineers while contributing technically
- Review architecture, code, and system design
- Potential to grow and manage a larger team over time

Execution in a Startup Environment

- Handle frequent context switching across priorities
- Support high-profile customers and urgent production needs
- Drive velocity while maintaining engineering quality

## What We’re Looking For

- Strong background in distributed systems / cloud infrastructure
- Proven experience as a hands-on engineer (recently)
- Experience leading engineers (formal or informal)
- Ability to operate in high-context-switch, fast-moving environments
- Startup experience or large-company experience with understanding of scale

What Won’t Work

- Managers who have been out of hands-on engineering for too long
- Pure people managers without deep technical credibility
- Engineers who struggle with fast pace or shifting priorities

Ideal Profile

- Former senior/staff engineer stepping into leadership
- OR current EM who still codes and leads technically
- Someone who has seen both startup and structured scale

## About Orkes

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Orkes provides a modern workflow orchestration platform that enables developers to build, run, and observe durable, distributed applications and AI agents at scale.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A / Seed; raised $29.3M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Cupertino, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Jeu George (CEO), Viren Baraiya (CTO), Dilip Lukose (CPO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Software Development / Workflow Orchestration / AI Agent Platforms
- **Target customers**: B2B – Developers and engineering teams at enterprises (Fortune 500) and SMBs building distributed, event-driven applications.
- **Mission**: “Empower developers to build and scale distributed applications with high levels of observability, security, and durability.” [orkes.io/about-us](https://www.orkes.io/about-us)

## Products & Services
- **Orkes Cloud**: Fully managed, security-hardened orchestration platform with enterprise features – durable execution, real-time monitoring, audit logs, human-in-the-loop, and AI agent integration. (SaaS)
- **Conductor Open Source**: The popular open-source orchestration engine originally created at Netflix, extended and maintained by Orkes. (Open Source / Community)
- **Conductor Agent SDK**: Native SDKs (Python, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, etc.) for building AI agents and workflows that combine deterministic execution with AI reasoning. (API / SDK)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metrics**: Annual Revenue ~$2.4M (LinkedIn estimate); Total Funding $29.3M
- **Funding Rounds**:
  - Seed Round (2022‑02‑28): $9.3M led by Vertex Ventures and Battery Ventures
  - Series A (2024‑02‑21): $20M led by Nexus Venture Partners
  - Series B: led by AVP (investor count and amount not specified)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Nexus Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures, Battery Ventures, AVP
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 59 employees (+10.8% YoY) as of mid‑2026
  - 18,840 LinkedIn followers (+67.6% yearly)
  - 13 active job postings (+1200% YoY in job posting trends)
  - Used by “thousands of organizations globally” and Fortune 500 companies
  - Operates in 9 countries (US, India, UK, Australia, Singapore, Argentina, UAE, Paraguay, Netherlands)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founding Team**: Built by the original creators of Netflix Conductor OSS – deep domain expertise in orchestration at massive scale.
- **Open Source Foundation**: Trusted by a broad community; enterprise features built on top of battle-tested open‑source code.
- **AI + Determinism**: Unique ability to combine AI agent reasoning (model‑agnostic) with deterministic, durable workflow execution – bringing trust, explainability, and governance to AI‑powered processes.
- **Enterprise Ready**: Up to 99.99% availability SLA, fine‑grained RBAC, complete audit trails, and support for AWS, Azure, GCP, or on‑prem deployments.

## Strategic Focus
- Becoming “the operating system for AI agents and workflows” – building a unified platform where agents and workflows are first‑class citizens.
- Leading the convergence of AI reasoning and deterministic execution for mission‑critical business operations.
- Scaling enterprise adoption across industries while growing the open‑source Conductor community.
- Expanding developer relations, content engineering, and global sales presence (visible from active job postings for Community Developer Lead, Content Engineer, Solutions Architect, etc.).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Developer‑first, transparent communication, passion for solving real‑world problems, bias for action (“fail fast”), and high collaboration. Strong emphasis on open‑source contribution and authenticity. [orkes.io/about-us](https://www.orkes.io/about-us)
- **Work Environment**: Fully distributed / remote‑first with flexible hours. Offices in Cupertino, Santa Clara, Seattle, and other hubs. “We believe in a remote‑first, truly distributed workforce.” [orkes.io/careers](https://orkes.io/careers)
- **Compensation & Perks**: Top‑of‑market salaries, stock options, flexible PTO, comprehensive medical/dental/vision coverage.
- **Engineering Culture**: Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge orchestration infrastructure used by Fortune 500 companies; active contribution to open source; modern tech stack (SDKs in multiple languages, cloud‑native, AI integration).
- **Growth Trajectory**: Rapidly scaling (job postings up 1200% YoY) with strong funding and a dedicated team – ideal for those who want high impact in a fast‑growing startup.

## Sources
1. [orkes.io/about-us](https://www.orkes.io/about-us)
2. [orkes.io/careers](https://orkes.io/careers)
3. [orkes.io](https://orkes.io/)
4. [LinkedIn – Orkes](https://www.linkedin.com/company/orkes-inc)
5. [Greenhouse – Jobs at Orkes](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orkes)

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