Staff Software Engineer
Orkes
About this role
A Staff Engineer at Orkes will help advance the Conductor-based platform that enables durable, distributed event-driven applications at massive scale. The role provides broad technical influence across product and engineering, engaging the open-source community and aligning engineering initiatives with business and customer needs.
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About Orkes
orkes.ioOrkes is a modern workflow orchestration platform that helps teams design, run, and scale distributed workflows across any cloud, language, or framework. It offers the Orkes Platform and a managed Orkes Cloud service, plus specialized capabilities for agentic workflows to orchestrate microservices, APIs, applications, and AI agents. Orkes emphasizes developer-friendly APIs, observability, and enterprise-grade scaling, reliability, and security, and positions itself as an alternative to/convenient complement for Conductor OSS. Companies use Orkes to speed development cycles, simplify service integration, and run resilient, production-grade workflows at scale.
Recent company news
Orkes Raises $20M in Fresh Funding as Its Application Orchestration Platform Grows in Popularity With Developers and Enterprises
Feb 21, 2024
Microservices orchestration platform Orkes raises $20M Series A
Feb 21, 2024
Orkes to Maintain Conductor Project as Netflix Steps Back
Dec 15, 2023
Orkes secures $20M in funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners
Feb 22, 2024
Orkes, founded by the creators of Netflix's open source Conductor workflow orchestration tool, comes out of stealth with $9.3M
Feb 28, 2022
About Orkes
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$190k – $210k
per year