Episode 89:

Solving Microservice Orchestration Issues at Netflix with Viren Baraiya of Orkes

June 1, 2022

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Viren Baraiya, co-founder and CTO of Orkes. During the episode, Viren discusses microservices, open source projects, building a company, and more.

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Notes:

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Viren’s background and career journey (2:23)
  • Engineering challenges in Netflix transitions (6:05)
  • How Conductor changed the process (9:30)
  • Building a lot more microservices (16:04)
  • Open sourcing Conductor (17:38)
  • Defining “orchestration” (22:05)
  • Using an orchestrator written in Java (31:04)
  • Building a cloud service around microservices (34:59)
  • Differentiating product experiences (37:17)
  • Orchestration platforms in new environments (42:15)
  • Advice for those early on in their career (46:10)

 

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