# Senior Backend Engineer

**Company:** [Orkes](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/orkes)
**Location:** Santa Clara, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Java, Go, C++, AWS, Azure, GCP, React, TypeScript, Distributed Systems, Spring Boot, netflix conductor, Temporal, Observability, slos, chaos engineering
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Build and operate the multi-cloud control plane and orchestration infrastructure that makes enterprise AI-agent workflows reliable at scale. The role requires 7+ years of experience, deep object-oriented programming expertise, distributed-systems architecture, cloud depth, and the ability to ship full-stack slices when needed.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Architect and build a multi-cloud control plane for agentic workflows.
- Design guardrails and orchestration layers that make complex AI-agent workflows production-ready.
- Set engineering patterns and lead code reviews in a large codebase.
- Drive ambiguous, cross-team initiatives from problem definition through measured outcomes.
- Own operational architecture, including on-call, observability, SLOs, and blast-radius containment.
- Ship full-stack vertical slices in React and TypeScript when needed.
- Design distributed systems with consistency and availability tradeoffs at scale.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience.
- Deep experience with at least one object-oriented language, such as Java, Go, or C++.
- Depth in at least one of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience leading engineering patterns and reviews in a large codebase.
- Experience driving ambiguous, cross-team initiatives from problem to measured outcome.
- Experience owning operational architecture, including on-call, observability, SLOs, and blast-radius containment.
- Experience shipping full-stack vertical slices using React and TypeScript when needed.
- Experience architecting distributed systems with consistency and availability tradeoffs at scale.
- Experience directing AI coding tools with precise instructions and judgment.

## Nice-to-haves
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
- Java and Spring Boot.
- Netflix Conductor or Temporal.
- Go.
- Multi-tenant control planes at scale.
- Chaos engineering and performance engineering.
- Experience balancing portability with cloud-native approaches.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary of $180,000–$240,000, depending on experience and leveling.
- Generous equity.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Flexible PTO.
- Personal development support.

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