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 SRE to help us evolve and scale our platform. If you’re passionate about clean, efficient architecture, love solving tough distributed systems challenges, and thrive in an environment where your ideas actually shape the product then we’d love to talk.

And the best part is we’re just getting started.

What You’ll Do

Own reliability, availability, and performance of production systems running in cloud environments

Define and monitor SLIs/SLOs and help manage error budgets across the platform

Lead incident response efforts including detection, triage, mitigation, and postmortems

Improve observability through logging, monitoring, alerting, and dashboards

Automate operational workflows and reduce manual toil wherever possible

Partner closely with engineering teams to improve system resiliency and scalability

Assist with capacity planning, infrastructure optimization, and performance tuning

Build internal tooling, runbooks, and operational best practices

Support Kubernetes-based infrastructure and distributed systems at scale

Act as an escalation point for complex production and platform issues

What We’re Looking For

5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related infrastructure roles

Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments

Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture

Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK, or OpenTelemetry

Proficiency with infrastructure automation and scripting (Terraform, Python, Bash, etc.)

Experience managing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills

Ability to work cross-functionally and communicate effectively during high-pressure situations

Nice to Have

Experience supporting large-scale SaaS or cloud-native platforms

Familiarity with workflow orchestration technologies such as Conductor, Temporal, or Camunda

Experience with Kafka, messaging systems, or event-driven architectures

Knowledge of security best practices and cloud infrastructure hardening

Open-source contributions or strong systems engineering background

Why Join Orkes?

Work alongside a deeply technical and collaborative engineering team

Solve complex distributed systems challenges at scale

High ownership and impact in a fast-growing company

Remote-friendly culture with strong engineering autonomy

Opportunity to help shape the future of cloud orchestration and AI workflows

More Details

The base salary for this role is $125,000-250,000 USD. However, pay is variable and when determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered: skills, years of experience, job scope, location/cost of living, and competitive compensation market data for your country/role.

Start Date: ASAP

Status: Full-time

Type: Remote

Location: Australia, EMEA

Department: Engineering

Reports to: Head of Engineering

Travel: 15-20%

Benefits

Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision