WindBorne designs, builds, and operates a constellation of long-duration smart weather balloons targeting the most critical data in the atmosphere. Backed by Khosla and Pear VC.
About the role
We’re hiring someone to make sure that all the things we learn from our weird edge-case explorations stick. As an early-stage startup, we can carry out one-off projects to explore new possibilities and push the bounds on what our technology and operations are capable of. As we scale, we need someone to lead the charge on turning that energy into durable progress. We want quick fixes to become validated capabilities, and customer demos to become repeatable workflows.
What they're looking for
- You’re 1 to 10, not 0 to 1. You turn one-off prototypes into consistent processes and systems
- You follow up relentlessly and warmly. People accept accountability from you because you’re reliable, direct, and invested in their success
- You finish things, and you make them durable. A loose end bothers you until it’s closed. There are a lot of balls in the air at any time—you’re someone who will track each one, drive it to completion, and write documentation to ensure it endures
- You’ll tell us when we’re wrong
More about this role
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, whether that be 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 Constellation Team keeps our fleet flying and decides where it goes. Day to day, most of our work centers on the 1% of edge cases—the novel, the weird, the unpredictable—and serves two functions: it’s a testing ground where edge cases surface bugs and validate new capabilities, and it’s forward-deployed customer work where new features get demoed to and studied directly with customers in a hands-on way.
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