Engineering Manager

Who We Are

Building the Backbone of Distributed Applications.
At Orkes, we are reimagining how developers build reliable, scalable, event-driven applications without wrangling complex infrastructure.
Born from Netflix's battle-tested open-source project, OSS Conductor, our platform is now powering billions of mission critical workflows across fintech, e-commerce, logistics, healthcare, and more.
Our platform powers billions of mission critical workflows across industries like fintech, e-commerce, logistics, and healthcare helping companies run the core operations of their business with confidence. These are the workflows behind every transaction, every delivery, every patient check-in, quietly orchestrating our digital world.

What You’ll Own

• Cloud & Platform Engineering
• Lead systems responsible for cloud infrastructure, deployments, and platform capabilities
• Support customer environments and production systems at scale
• Drive improvements in reliability, performance, and scalability
• Team Leadership (Player-Coach)
• Lead and mentor engineers while contributing technically
• Review architecture, code, and system design
• Potential to grow and manage a larger team over time
• Execution in a Startup Environment
• Handle frequent context switching across priorities
• Support high-profile customers and urgent production needs
• Drive velocity while maintaining engineering quality

What We’re Looking For

• Strong background in distributed systems / cloud infrastructure
• Proven experience as a hands-on engineer (recently)
• Experience leading engineers (formal or informal)
• Able to operate in high-context-switch, fast-moving environments
• Startup experience or large-company experience with understanding of scale

What Won’t Work

• Managers who have been out of hands-on engineering for too long
• Pure people managers without deep technical credibility
• Engineers who struggle with fast pace or shifting priorities

Ideal Profile

• Former senior/staff engineer stepping into leadership
• OR current EM who still codes and leads technically
• Someone who has seen both startup and structured scale