Enabling local development of microservices for hosting in remote orchestration engines is provided. In one example, a method includes registering, using an orchestration engine executing on a remote computing device comprising a processor device, a gateway service within the orchestration engine to have a same type as a microservice under development within a local development environment executing on a local computing device. A bidirectional connection between the gateway service and the local development environment is established. The gateway service within the orchestration engine receives inbound network traffic directed to the microservice under development, and redirects the inbound network traffic to the microservice under development.