Senior Software Developer

Building features and fixing bugs across the whole application, from the data model through the 3D rendering to the React interface and web APIs.

Keeping large datasets fast. A project can hold millions of blocks and still has to run on a site laptop, so memory and performance shape nearly every feature.

Connecting OREPro 3D to Predict, our blast simulation: inputs, job tracking, tuning sweeps, results and replays. The solver itself is written by another team.

Industrialising the optimisation and geometry algorithms that cut dig polygons, so a geologist can run them under production pressure.

Electron desktop application built with React, TypeScript and MobX.

Performance critical work in Rust.

3D rendering with Three.js on WebGPU.

Node.js web APIs and a MySQL database.

It all works offline on a site laptop. Blast simulation runs on cloud GPUs.

You have built web applications, from the interface through to the API and database behind it. We work in TypeScript and React, and we care more about how you think than which stack you have used.

You have owned something end to end: you picked the approach, shipped it, and were still looking after it a year later.

You have good judgement in a mature codebase about what to fix now, what to raise a ticket for, and what to leave alone.

You say so when something is wrong. A spec that will not work on site, a design that will frustrate a geologist, a piece of the codebase that needs fixing. We would rather hear it early than be polite about it.

You are comfortable profiling and working inside a memory budget.

You get real work out of AI tooling, or you would like to. We use it heavily and are still working out how to use it well.

You have a track record of working effectively in cross-functional teams and delivering high-quality software.

Also useful: Three.js or other real-time 3D, Rust, Electron, optimisation algorithms, vector maths and spatial data structures, physics or simulation software, and mining data.

Orica is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our people feel engaged, respected, and connected. Our vision is to inspire and enable our people, together, to shape the future, into a more diverse, inclusive and equitable place to work, live and thrive.

Orica promotes and fosters a culture of inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment everywhere we operate. We treat our people and applicants with fairness, dignity, and respect, getting the best of everyone’s contributions.

Orica has a board approved Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy, a strategy built to delivery the policy and regional sub committees setup to do the work on the ground. We are here to do this properly.

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