Key skills
JavaKafkaSpring BootSpringGraphQLgRPCAWSAzureGCPKubernetesDockerRabbitMQLeadershipMentoringCommunication
About this role
Orkes is a platform for developers to build durable, distributed event driven applications. They are looking for motivated Senior, Staff, and Principal Engineers to lead architecture and design for core services and tackle complex distributed systems challenges.
Responsibilities:
- 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
Requirements:
- 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
- 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