At Kestra, we’re on a mission to make orchestration and automation simpler for everyone. Our open-source platform helps teams manage complex workflows with confidence, and we’re already making a big impact in businesses around the world. We embrace modern development tools, including AI assistants and coding agents, and we encourage engineers to leverage them to move faster, explore ideas, and improve productivity. At Kestra, we’re passionate about solving real-world challenges through orchestration and automation. We move fast, we learn constantly, and we’re always looking for ways to improve.
Senior Backend Engineer, AI Orchestration
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Worldwide
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1 day ago
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Senior Backend Engineer, AI Orchestration
Kestra Technologies
Role Description Kestra orchestrates workflows across systems and domains. AI agents and LLM-driven workflows are a growing part of that, and this role is about making sure they can run reliably inside the orchestrator. This is not a wrapper around a model API, but a platform orchestrating how agent steps should be run, retried, branched, and kept observable inside the orchestrator. That work happens in the Kestra core, which is Java. - Design and build the execution primitives for AI workflows in the Kestra engine - Build and maintain the plugins that connect Kestra to LLM providers and agent frameworks - Turn real agent use cases into reusable blueprints, together with the product team - Keep AI executions observable and debuggable to the same standard as the rest of Kestra Qualifications - A strong Java background. You have built and maintained production Java systems, not used Java in passing. - Hands-on experience with LangChain4j or a comparable Java agent framework - A clear mental model of how agentic systems are actually run: tool calls, state, retries, failure modes - Comfort working close to an orchestration engine, where correctness and reliability matter more than demos Requirements - Backend: Java, Micronaut - Frontend: Vue.js, Bootstrap - Datastore: Kafka, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MySQL - Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform - Cloud: GCP, AWS, Azure - Tools: GitHub for repo management, actions, and issues Benefits - Work from anywhere: We’re a remote-first company, so you can work from wherever feels like home. Plus, you’ll have access to coworking spaces worldwide if you ever need a change of scenery. - Health coverage: From medical support, dental, and vision, we've got you covered. - Home office setup on us: We’ll provide all the equipment you need to work comfortably.
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