Orkes
Senior/Staff Software Engineer
In Office - Santa Clara, CA OR Seattle, WA · Staff+ · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$260kDetected 70 days ago
JavaSpringDistributed SystemsAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesAPI DevelopmentGraphQLRESTgRPCKafkaRabbitMQLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- 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).
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and design for core Conductor services, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and performance at massive scale.
- Collaborate with product, design, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-impact, business-critical features.
- Partner closely with leadership to align engineering initiatives with business strategy and customer needs.
- Familiarity with API design, REST, and GraphQL
- Support for personal development
- At Orkes, we are committed to building a team that reflects a rich tapestry of perspectives, identities, and professional experiences.
Requirements
- Proven track record architecting large-scale, distributed systems and event-driven applications.
- 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
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems
Compensation
- skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.
- More Details The base salary for this role is between $200,000 - 260,000 (and up depending on leveling).
Benefits
- Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
Company info
- Orkes is a platform for developers to build durable, distributed event driven applications.
- We are looking for motivated Senior, Staff, and Principal Engineers.
- 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.
- Your day-to-day at Orkes:
- Tackle the most complex distributed systems challenges, influencing both near-term deliverables and future technical direction.
- 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.
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends
- Qualities that will help you succeed:
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