Ready for your next move?
We are always looking for talent to join our team, either as independent developers or on-the-ground staff.
Why work with us?
- The products you create will be enjoyed by people all over the world, and potentially shipped in the base simulators.
- You’ll be working with some of the best developers in the industry.
- Expand your skills. We provide training for essential job-related skills, as well as other professional development opportunities.
- Get full access to the OrbxDirect product library worth over A$20,000.
- A friendly team who has frequent team dinners, BBQs and hangs out together.
- Company-sponsored trips to some aviation and flight simulation events, location dependent, such as FSExpo, FlightSimShow, or Avalon Airshow.
Check out the openings below!
About Volanta
Volanta is an innovative smart flight tracker designed for simplicity and efficiency, supporting all major simulators like Prepar3D, X-Plane, and Microsoft Flight Simulator. It offers a seamless interface for flight setup, detailed planning, and includes features like automatic flight tracking, fun challenges, giveaways, and more.
The Role: Senior Back End Engineer
Role Summary:
As a Senior Back End Engineer, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining the back-end services of our flagship product, Volanta. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and high-performance software solutions that support our innovative flight tracking and simulation services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable and robust back-end services using ASP .NET, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.
- Work closely with the front-end developers to integrate the Volanta client and mobile applications with server-side logic.
- Develop and maintain the Volanta-API, ensuring efficient performance and stability of the backend infrastructure.
- Collaborate with the team to maintain the Volanta-plugin for various simulators, addressing issues, maintainability, and architecture support.
- Contribute to the code product and integrations.
- Implement continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, ensuring high code quality and efficient deployment processes.
- Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding, debugging, and providing robust technical solutions.
- Collaborate with the team to ensure the development of high-quality code, adhering to industry standards and best practices.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Relevant commercial experience can also be acceptable.
- 5+ years of experience in back-end development, with a strong understanding of .NET technologies.
- Proficient in ASP .NET, Entity Framework, and experience with PostgreSQL databases.
- Experience with cache mechanisms (Redis), real-time databases (Firestore), and API development (OpenAPI).
- Familiarity with SignalR for real-time web functionality.
- Knowledge of front-end technologies (Angular, React) is a plus.
- Experience with CI/CD tools (CircleCI, GitHub Actions), code quality checks (SonarCloud), and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).
- Strong understanding of domain-driven design, microservices architecture, and both unit and integration testing (XUnit).
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with a focus on performance optimization and scalability.
- Experience with Cloud, especially Google Cloud.
- Experienced with flight simulation and Volanta preferred.
Orbx Offers:
- A creative and innovative work environment.
- The opportunity to work on projects at the cutting edge of simulation technology.
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- A supportive team dedicated to professional development and continuous learning.
Location: Remote. Any time zone.
How to Apply: Please submit your resume, along with a cover letter explaining why you are the perfect fit for this role at Orbx, to jobs-it@orbxsystems.com.
Orbx is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
About Volanta
Volanta is an innovative smart flight tracker designed for simplicity and efficiency, supporting all major simulators like Prepar3D, X-Plane, and Microsoft Flight Simulator. It offers a seamless interface for flight setup, detailed planning, and includes features like automatic flight tracking, fun challenges, giveaways, and more.
The Role: Senior Front End Engineer
Role Summary:
As a Senior Front End Engineer, you will spearhead the development and enhancement of our front-end applications for both desktop and mobile platforms. This position plays a key role in shaping user experiences, ensuring high performance and aligning with our aesthetic and functional standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of the Volanta-client using Angular and Electron, ensuring a consistent and responsive user interface.
- Contribute to the development of our mobile applications using Expo and React Native, focusing on optimizing for different devices.
- Collaborate closely with back-end developers to integrate API services generated from OpenAPI and maintain real-time communication using SignalR.
- Participate in upgrading and maintaining the Volanta-plugin for desktop applications, ensuring compatibility with various simulators.
- Drive the adoption of best practices in code quality, usability, and accessibility.
- Implement features that enhance the real-time capabilities of our platforms, focusing on performance and user engagement.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience in front-end development, with expert-level knowledge in Angular and React frameworks.
- Proficient in Electron for desktop app development and familiar with mobile development environments.
- Experience with SignalR, OpenAPI, and modern web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
- Strong understanding of user interface design and responsive design principles.
- Experience with CI/CD tools (CircleCI, GitHub Actions), code quality checks (SonarCloud), and modern development practices.
- Experience with Cloud, especially Google Cloud.
- Experienced with flight simulation and Volanta preferred.
Orbx Offers:
- A creative and innovative work environment.
- The opportunity to work on projects at the cutting edge of simulation technology.
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- A supportive team dedicated to professional development and continuous learning.
Location: Remote. Any time zone.
How to Apply: Please submit your resume, along with a cover letter explaining why you are the perfect fit for this role at Orbx, to jobs-it@orbxsystems.com.
Orbx is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
The Marketing Automation & Social Cooridnator will be pivotal in driving engagement across various digital platforms through email automation and social media campaigns. The ideal candidate will have a strategic mindset, creativity, and strong project management skills to handle multiple tasks efficiently in a dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities
Marketing Automation:
- Implement and optimise email marketing campaigns and marketing automation workflows.
- Innovate and enhance personalisation and automation strategies through A/B testing, result analysis, and iterative improvements.
- Be highly organised, prioritising tasks, setting timelines, and ensuring deadlines are met.
Social Engagement:
- Drive growth of online communities across social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter.
- Able to work with brand guidelines but at the same time take it to the next level with a creative approach.
- Develop and execute social media strategies that increase community size and engagement organically.
- Deep understanding of social media trends, strategies, and algorithms to optimise content performance.
- Proactively identify opportunities to leverage new platform features and capitalise on trending topics to engage social audiences.
Experience and Skills:
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in developing and implementing email marketing campaigns.
- Able to interpret data and derive actionable insights.
- Proven track record in creating and executing engaging social media campaigns.
- Demonstrated ability to monitor campaign performance, analyse key metrics, and optimise for better delivery, open rates, click-through, and conversion rates.
- Highly articulate in English with the ability to write engaging marketing copy.
- Experience in building email templates and managing targeted direct communications for different customer segments.
- Basic graphic design skills
- Strong organisational skills with a keen eye for detail.
- Experience working remotely is highly desirable
- Experience in start-up environments is highly desirable
- Experience or Passion within the simulation industry is highly desirable.
Desirable Platform Familiarity:
- Metabase
- Discord
- Klaviyo
- Meta / Facebook
- Later
- Google Ads
- Google Analytics
- Jira
Orbx Offers
- A creative and innovative work environment.
- The opportunity to work on projects at the cutting edge of simulation technology.
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- A supportive team dedicated to professional development and continuous learning.
Location: Remote. Ideally a timezone close to AEST.
How to Apply: Please submit your resume, along with a cover letter explaining why you are the perfect fit for this role at Orbx, to jobs-marketing@orbxsystems.com.