windborne-systems

WindBorne Systems designs, builds, and operates a constellation of long-duration smart weather balloons named Atlas, along with a deep learning forecast model called WeatherMesh. The company serves government, private sector, and philanthropic partners by capturing in-situ atmospheric profiles globally, including over oceans and remote locations, to improve weather forecasts. Its technology fuses data from autonomous balloons with AI models to generate weather intelligence infrastructure.

The open role listed is a Software Engineer, Machine Learning Systems located at the company headquarters in Redwood Shores, California. This position is part of a small deep learning research team that collaborates with backend and frontend engineers to maintain model inference, process real-time atmospheric data, and build monitoring and visualization tools. The role does not require prior machine learning experience, focusing instead on production software ownership, problem-solving, and continuous learning.