WindBorne Systems is supercharging weather forecasts with a unique proprietary data source: a global constellation of next-generation smart weather balloons targeting the most critical atmospheric data. We design, manufacture, and operate our own balloons, using the data they collect to generate otherwise unattainable weather intelligence.
Our mission is to eliminate weather uncertainty, and in the process help humanity adapt to climate change, be that predicting hurricanes or speeding the adoption of renewables. We are building a future in which the planet is instrumented by thousands of our microballoons, eliminating gaps in our understanding of the planet and giving people and businesses the information they need to make critical decisions. The founding team of Stanford engineers was named Forbes 2019 30 under 30 and is backed by top-tier investors, including Khosla Ventures and Footwork VC.
WindBorne is hiring Software Engineering interns to help build our in situ global nervous system, Atlas: From data driven automations in Palo Alto, to launch infrastructure in Korea, to the flight software that flies across the globe, back down the constellation management suite running on our phones, there is so much to build, and hopefully you can help!
Responsibilities
Highly variable depending on background skills and interests. You will be given the responsibility, respect, and trust that full time engineers get, and if you are good, there will be high potential to convert to full time.
Skills and Qualifications
Besides general software skills, the only things required are high agency, willingness to work extremely hard, and ability to learn very quickly. In the era of LLM’s, an individual with those attributes can accomplish almost anything. However, we are specifically interested in the following skills.
- Ruby on Rails apps
- Web Dev/Design
- Linux & Python Infrastructure
- Data Science/Machine Learning
- C++ Firmware/ Flight Software
- Scaling production systems
Benefits
Office food and beverages (minimum 2x catered lunches & dinners a week)
Potential to convert to full-time, with all associated benefits
Salary
- $33/hr
Location
858 San Antonio Rd, Palo Alto, CA. In-person preferred.
What our hardware looks like
