Modern software systems comprise numerous independent microservices across frontends, backends, APIs, and AI models, making coordination and scaling a continual challenge. A workflow orchestration platform mitigates this by offering a structured framework to define, execute, and monitor complex workflows with resilience and clarity.
Orkes is an enterprise-scale agentic orchestration platform based on the open-source Conductor project initially developed at Netflix. It coordinates AI agents, humans, and APIs, emphasizing scalability, compliance, and trust. Orkes enhances the Conductor core by incorporating features like security, governance, and long-running workflows.
Viren Baraiya, Founder and CTO of Orkes and creator of Netflix Conductor, joins Gregor Vand to discuss Conductor’s development at Netflix, microservices orchestration challenges, rule-based versus programmatic workflow orchestration, agentic orchestration, MCP integration, and more.
*Full Disclosure: This episode is sponsored by Orkes.*
Gregor Vand, a security-focused technologist, has previously served as a CTO in cybersecurity, cyber insurance, and general software engineering sectors. Based in Singapore, he is accessible via his profile at vand.hk or on LinkedIn.
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