Engineering Manager

Location: Santa Clara, CA (5 days/week in office) Comp: ~$250K–$300K base + equity 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. We’re solving some of the hardest infrastructure problems: how do you make distributed systems reliable, observable, and scalable – without every team having to reinvent the wheel? We absorb the complexity of distributed systems, letting teams build with confidence. We’re hiring a strong engineering leader to own the Cloud & Platform engineering function at Orkes. This is a high-impact, highly operational role; you’ll lead engineers while staying deeply hands-on in architecture, systems, and production challenges. The primary goal is to drive velocity of engineers on the team. We are open to: A hands-on Tech Lead ready to step into management OR a Manager who still codes and operates at a high technical level 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) Ability 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

{
  "content_hash": "7febf52196ae297baa7f017ef40e770af5801e43e4cd56f170b6912cc1b7266b",
  "source_hash": "2b8c9f73d282520e9d8bf68c38547bd3f9daa5c3762faae077cb95382e8ff41f",
  "last_changed_at": "2026-05-29T23:01:48.016Z",
  "active_status": "active"
}

{
  "language": "en",
  "location": {
    "raw": "Cupertino, CA",
    "city": "Cupertino",
    "region": "CA",
    "country": "United States",
    "is_remote": false,
    "confidence": 0.9
  },
  "salary_max": null,
  "salary_min": null,
  "inferred_at": "2026-06-06T07:34:28.081Z",
  "launch_scope": {
    "reason": "english_us_canada",
    "included": true,
    "language": "en",
    "location": {
      "raw": "Cupertino, CA",
      "city": "Cupertino",
      "region": "CA",
      "country": "United States",
      "is_remote": false,
      "confidence": 0.9
    },
    "countries": [
      "United States"
    ]
  },
  "remote_policy": null,
  "salary_period": null,
  "workplace_type": "on_site",
  "salary_currency": null
}

{}

{
  "title": "Engineering Manager",
  "offices": [
    {
      "id": 4019075008,
      "name": "Santa Clara, CA, USA ",
      "location": "Santa Clara, California, United States",
      "child_ids": [],
      "parent_id": null
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "location": {
    "name": "Cupertino, CA"
  },
  "metadata": [],
  "updated_at": "2026-05-18T14:10:22-04:00",
  "departments": [
    {
      "id": 4023898008,
      "name": "Engineering",
      "child_ids": [],
      "parent_id": null
    }
  ],
  "company_name": "Orkes",
  "requisition_id": 4466517008,
  "first_published": "2026-04-28T12:45:27-04:00",
  "application_deadline": null
}