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Overstory · 1 month ago

Chief Technology Officer

United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

Overstory is a climate-tech company focused on leveraging technology to create a resilient electrical grid. As the Chief Technology Officer, you will lead a world-class engineering team to develop innovative solutions that reduce wildfire and power outage risks while driving the company’s technical strategy during a phase of rapid expansion.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataMachine LearningSoftware

Responsibilities

Lead the development of all of Overstory’s technology, including our software product, our ML models, the internal tools we use and the platform that underlies it all

Work in close partnership with our VP Product & Strategy to propel the business forward with the product we are developing. You’ll work to deeply understand our customers' problems so that you can lead bold engineering initiatives to solve them

Build a high-performing and diverse engineering team that works remotely from multiple countries, and across multiple time zones

Create a compelling technical vision and translate that into a strategy for the next 12-36 months

Lead highly productive cross-functional teams that ship a high-quality product on a daily basis

Foster an inclusive culture where everyone can do their best work

Create strong lines of communication within your team and partnerships with other key parts of the business

Qualification

Engineering leadershipAIMachine learningRemote sensingSoftware development processesProduct-centric thinkingTeam managementCross-functional collaborationDiversityInclusionEmpathyCuriosityBoldnessCommunication skills

Required

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 have experience working on a complex, ML-based product

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