Modern software systems consist of numerous independent microservices across frontends, backends, APIs, and AI models, presenting challenges in reliable coordination and scalability. A workflow orchestration platform provides a structured framework for defining, executing, and monitoring intricate workflows with resilience and clarity.
Orkes is an enterprise-scale agentic orchestration platform built on the open-source Conductor project, initiated at Netflix. The platform efficiently coordinates AI agents, humans, and APIs, prioritizing scalability, compliance, and trust. It enhances the Conductor core with added features such as security, governance, and long-running workflows.
Viren Baraiya, the Founder and CTO at Orkes, is the creator of Netflix Conductor. He joins the show with Gregor Vand to discuss building Conductor at Netflix, microservice orchestration challenges, rule-based vs. programmatic workflow orchestration, agentic orchestration, MCP integration, and more.
Full Disclosure: This episode is sponsored by Orkes.
Gregor Vand is a security-oriented technologist, having served as a CTO in cybersecurity, cyber insurance, and general software engineering companies. Based in Singapore, he is accessible through his profile at vand.hk or on LinkedIn.
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