Chief Technology Officer

As the CTO of Overstory, you will lead and scale a world-class engineering team that reduces the risk of wildfires and power outages around the world. This is a rare opportunity for a seasoned engineering leader to help guide a commercially successful climate-tech company through its next stage of growth.

Following our Series B, we’re entering a phase of rapid expansion. You will define a compelling technical strategy and build the team to deliver it. This role requires someone who can zoom in and out seamlessly — rolling up your sleeves to solve complex technical problems while also communicating effectively with the board.

Our product sits at the intersection of AI and remote sensing — fields evolving at light speed. The work is exciting, mission-driven, and core to transforming the electric utility industry and creating a more resilient grid. But it comes with ambiguity. We’re looking for someone energized by the unknown, eager to build products customers love through bold, creative approaches. You must be comfortable balancing the needs of a growing business with building scalable solutions for the future — and be ready to move with urgency on both.

• →Boldness: You’re not afraid to make hard decisions and take risks, and you always act with urgency. 
• →Mission-driven: You care deeply about building great products that help communities adapt to climate change by creating a more resilient electrical grid.
• →Empathy: You can attract and develop a diverse team, and you are inclusive in your approach to leadership. 
• →Listening: You lead with inquiry. You make people on your own team and across the company feel heard.
• →Curiosity: Learning excites you, and you’re not afraid to admit what you don’t know.
• →Clarity: You’re a simplifier, not a complicator, and you can communicate clearly to a broad audience without using jargon. 
• →Collaborative spirit: Team above ego, and you’re never afraid to get your hands dirty.

• You have managed a team of 70+ people.
• You have been on a VC-backed startup journey from Series A through Series C or later, and you know how to scale a team successfully through those transitions. You value the entrepreneurial “get it done fast” spirit of the early days, while also setting a standard for excellence that will scale to later stages.
• You have experience working on a complex, ML-based product. Bonus points for geospatial or remote sensing experience. 
• You have a deep understanding of software development processes and are product-centric in the way you think about building technology. 
• You have experienced the value of cross-functional teams where engineering, product and design work side-by-side. 
• You have managed remote teams.
• You have managed global teams.

We are a group of 100 people from all over the world. Fifteen nationalities are represented in our team and at last count we speak fourteen languages: English, Dutch, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Luxembourgish, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Estonian, and Danish.

We work remotely from eleven countries and are looking for candidates that are living and working in one of them: United States, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Estonia, Portugal, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark and Canada. We gather once a year in-person for our unforgettable team gathering event. We also offer the option to occasionally meet up for in-person collaboration. 

The climate crisis is a human crisis that requires diverse perspectives to solve. 

We place enormous value on diversity and believe that the best ideas emerge when people with different backgrounds and experience work together. We remain committed to scaling a team that reflects the communities we serve, and strive to uphold equitable and inclusive practices across every aspect of our business. We are responsible for creating and maintaining a culture where everyone - regardless of background - has a voice in building a sustainable future.

We act with urgency.

We recognize that change is constant, and we find joy and power in exploration.

Just as ecosystems need biodiversity to thrive, our resiliency comes from our differences.

We love the power of machines but we nurture each other as humans.

We assume the best in everyone, and we share ideas openly so that we have a positive impact.

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