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Engineering Manager

OrkesSanta Clara, CA
On-site Full-time $250K/yr - $300K/yr

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Experience Level

Manager

Qualifications

Ideal candidates should possess a strong technical background in cloud technologies, excellent leadership and mentoring skills, and the ability to drive performance improvements within engineering teams. Familiarity with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure is essential.

About the job

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

About Us

Revolutionizing the Infrastructure for Distributed Applications.

At Orkes, we are transforming the way developers create dependable, scalable, and event-driven applications without the hassle of managing intricate infrastructures.

Originating from Netflix's proven open-source project, OSS Conductor, our platform currently supports billions of critical workflows across various sectors including fintech, e-commerce, logistics, healthcare, and more.

Our platform handles billions of essential workflows in industries such as fintech, e-commerce, logistics, and healthcare, enabling businesses to operate their core functions with absolute confidence. These are the processes that facilitate every transaction, delivery, and patient check-in, seamlessly orchestrating our digital ecosystem.

We tackle some of the most challenging infrastructure issues: how to ensure distributed systems are reliable, observable, and scalable without requiring each team to reinvent the wheel. We take on the complexities of distributed systems, empowering teams to build confidently.

We are seeking a dynamic engineering leader to oversee the Cloud & Platform engineering function at Orkes.

This role is high-impact and operationally intensive; you will lead a team of engineers while remaining deeply involved in architecture, systems, and production challenges. Your primary objective will be to enhance the productivity of the engineering team.

We welcome applications from:

  • A hands-on Tech Lead ready to transition into management
  • OR a Manager who remains actively engaged in coding and technical challenges

Your Responsibilities

Cloud & Platform Engineering

  • Lead the systems responsible for cloud infrastructure, deployments, and platform functionalities
  • Support customer environments and production systems at scale
  • Drive advancements in reliability, performance, and scalability

Team Leadership (Player-Coach)

  • Guide and mentor engineers while making technical contributions
  • Evaluate architecture, code, and system design
  • Opportunity to develop and manage a growing team

About Orkes

Orkes is at the forefront of innovation in distributed application infrastructure. Our mission is to enable developers to create and manage complex applications with ease, leveraging our powerful platform that has evolved from industry-leading technology at Netflix. Join us to be part of a team that is shaping the future of application development.

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