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Senior/Staff Software Engineer

Orkes · In Office - Santa Clara, CA OR Seattle, WA · On-site

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About Orkes

Determinism, durability, and explainability for your AI agents on the world. Backed by Battery.

About the role

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. 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.

What they're looking for

  • 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
More about this role

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

Orkes is a platform for developers to build durable, distributed event driven applications. Based on the popular open source orchestration engine Conductor , Orkes lets developers focus on faster go to market with applications, scaling them to handle billions of workflows without having to worry about failures, scalability or visibility into the executions.

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

  • 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...

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