# Senior/Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Orkes](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/orkes)
**Location:** Cupertino, CA, Santa Clara, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $200k – $260k/yr
**Skills:** Java, Spring Boot, Rest, gRPC, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP
**Posted:** 2026-03-02

> Leads architecture and design of scalable backend services for distributed event-driven systems using Java/Spring Boot. Mentors engineers, drives technical initiatives, and champions open-source contributions at massive scale.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and design for core Conductor services, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and performance at massive scale.
- Tackle complex distributed systems challenges, influencing near-term deliverables and future technical direction.
- Collaborate with product, design, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-impact, business-critical features.
- Mentor engineers at all levels, elevate team practices, and foster technical excellence.
- Champion open-source contributions to Conductor, guiding community engagement and adoption.
- Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies, frameworks, and tooling.
- Establish and enforce best practices in coding standards, testing, observability, and operational readiness.
- Partner with leadership to align engineering initiatives with business strategy and customer needs.

## 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.
- Excellent communication skills to influence technical direction.

## Nice-to-Haves
- 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.

## Compensation
Base salary: **$200,000 - $260,000**.

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