Director of Platform Engineering

• Own the platform strategy across Platform, MLOps, and SRE, aligning it with company and product goals
• Define and evolve our platform vision, including developer experience, internal tooling, CI/CD, infrastructure, observability, and reliability standards
• Oversee MLOps systems that support model development, training, deployment, monitoring, and governance in production
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, ML, Data, Security, and Compliance to ensure the platform meets current and future needs

This role helps prevent outages, reduce wildfire risks, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient electrical grid by building the platform infrastructure that powers Overstory's AI-driven vegetation risk analysis for utilities.

• 10+ years experience leading platform, infrastructure, or reliability teams in a scaling startup environment
• Strong understanding of cloud-native infrastructure (GCP strongly preferred), Kubernetes, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices
• Experience supporting machine learning systems in production, including model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management
• Excellent people leadership skills — you know how to coach managers, grow talent, and build inclusive, high-performing teams

• Equity and a competitive salary
• Flexible working environment with a lot of autonomy
• Remote working budget and educational budget
• Time to develop new skills
• To be surrounded by an excellent, vibrant, smart team who have each other's back

Overstory uses AI and advanced satellite imagery to pinpoint and prioritize vegetation risks for electrical utilities, helping prevent outages, reduce wildfire risks, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient grid to tackle climate change.