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title: 'Senior/Staff Software Engineer at Orkes'
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# Senior/Staff Software Engineer at Orkes

- **Company:** Orkes
- **Location:** Santa Clara CA OR Seattle, WA
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-12-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orkes/jobs/4998231008

## Job description

*Position is IN OFFICE at either our Santa Clara or Seattle office

## About Us

Orkes is a platform for developers to build durable, distributed event driven applications. Based on the popular open source orchestration engine [Conductor](https://github.com/conductor-oss/conductor), Orkes lets developers focus on faster go to market with applications, scaling them to handle [billions of workflows](https://medium.com/orkes/running-a-billion-workflows-a-month-with-netflix-conductor-5fd358d9b6c1) without having to worry about failures, scalability or visibility into the executions.

We are looking for motivated Senior, Staff, and Principal Engineers.

Your day-to-day at Orkes:

- 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

Qualities that will help you succeed:

- 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.

You will have a fast start if:

- 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.

More Details

The base salary for this role is between $200,000 - 260,000 (and up depending on leveling). When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered: skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.

- Status: Full-Time
- Type: Remote
- Location: US/Pacific Time
- Department: Engineering
- Reports to: CTO

## Benefits

- Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible PTO
- Support for personal development

At Orkes, we are committed to building a team that reflects a rich tapestry of perspectives, identities, and professional experiences. We believe that diversity is not just a checkbox, but a driving force behind innovation, creativity, and success. By embracing a variety of backgrounds, we cultivate an inclusive environment where every team member feels valued and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

Join us at Orkes and be a part of a team where your unique perspectives are not only welcomed but celebrated. Together we are shaping the future technology by leveraging the strength that comes from embracing diversity in all its forms. Your Journey with us is an opportunity to contribute to something greater and make a lasting impact.

## 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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