The climate crisis is the defining challenge of our time—but it’s also the greatest opportunity for innovation, and a challenge we’re proud to take on. At Overstory, we’re harnessing cutting-edge technology to enable a resilient electrical grid that keeps communities thriving as our world changes.
The grid is the backbone of life as we know it. It powers hospitals, keeps food fresh, and ensures communities stay connected. But extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and growing wildfire risks are putting this critical system under pressure. All of this combined makes the electric utility industry the greatest opportunity for tackling climate change.
One of the leading causes of catastrophic wildfires and power outages? Trees and brush coming into contact with power lines.
That’s where we help. At Overstory, we use AI and advanced satellite imagery to pinpoint and prioritize vegetation risks before they materialize. By giving utilities critical analysis on those risks, we’re helping prevent outages, reduce wildfire risks, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient grid.
Our team spans the Americas and Europe, and we work with utility partners across the Americas and beyond. We’re outdoor enthusiasts, musicians, artists, athletes, parents, and adventurers—15 nationalities strong and growing. What unites us is a passion for solving complex problems, a commitment to climate action, and the belief that technology should be a force for good.
Join us to help us build a more resilient world together.
The role
As a Tech Recruiter you help our hiring managers find great people across the globe and provide a top-notch candidate experience - from first connection to signed contract. The key market you will be focusing on is Software, Data and Machine Learning Engineers in Europe and the US.
You will be part of a small team of four, working closely with the Head of People. You’ll do lots of hands-on work, from sourcing candidates and screening CVs to scheduling and conducting interviews. You will be a key sparring partner for hiring managers, providing smart and thoughtful insights to get to the best results. With your guidance, they can apply our Overstory best practices for recruiting.
You’ll work in an agile manner, learning from internal and external feedback, iterating quickly, and deciding when to build for a scalable future and when to move quickly to capture the market.
What you’ll do
You’re comfortable with the ambiguity that comes with working at an early-stage startup and you don’t need to have everything well defined before you act. You can think both short- and long-term so that you can meet near-term deadlines while iterating toward a future vision. You’re able to zoom out and think strategically, while also being extremely detail-oriented in the hands-on work of getting candidates through the door. You understand that effective communication is an important part of your work, so you can manage expectations well to hiring managers while keeping a good working relationship. You balance quality, speed and cost effectiveness in the decisions you take. You have a passion for the urgency of solving our climate crisis.
About you
- 3-5 years of experience as a recruiter at a Tech start-up
- Strong sourcing and interviewing skills
- Demonstrated ability to apply diversity and inclusion practices in hiring
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- An obsession with solving problems and creating the best possible candidate experience
- Passionate about climate
- You’re based in the UK or US East Coast
Nice-to-haves
- You’ve recruited candidates in Europe and the US
- You’ve worked in the climate space
- You’ve worked at a recruitment agency
- You’ve worked in a client-facing role
- You’ve recruited for iterative development and deployment strategies
What you get
- To be part of truly mission-driven work that reduces wildfires, protects earth’s natural resources and helps solve our climate crisis.
- Flexible working environment with a lot of autonomy. We build our work days around our lives, not the other way around.
- Other benefits like a remote working budget, an educational budget and time to develop new skills.
- To be surrounded by an excellent, vibrant, smart team who have each other's back and believe in a culture of openness, tolerance and respect.
- Equity and a competitive salary.
About our team
We are a group of 64 people from all over the world. We work remotely from nine different countries and we are looking for people that are also living and working in one of these countries: United States, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Estonia, Portugal, France, Sweden and Canada. We meet up once a year in-person for our unforgettable team gathering event. We also offer the option to occasionally meet up for in-person collaboration.
Diversity & Inclusion
We place enormous value on diversity and inclusion and strive to continually bring in people of all genders, races, creeds, ethnicities, abilities and backgrounds. We believe that the best ideas emerge when people with different perspectives and approaches work together on a problem.
We’re always looking to diversify our team further, but we’re proud of the fact that four out of the nine people on our leadership team are female, 46% of the overall team are female and 20% of the team are people of color. Our team speaks fifteen languages: English, Dutch, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Luxembourgish, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Estonian, Danish and Korean.
Our values
Tackling the climate crisis is our greatest mission.
We act with urgency.
Our curiosity fuels our growth.
We recognize that change is constant, and we find joy and power in exploration.
We’re rooted in diversity.
Just as ecosystems need biodiversity to thrive, our resiliency comes from our differences.
We care for each other.
We love the power of machines but we nurture each other as humans.
Trust is fundamental.
We assume the best in everyone, and we share ideas openly so that we have a positive impact.