Engineering a Resilient Future: Leadership Insights from our Team
At Overstory, we're building AI-powered technology to help utilities prevent wildfires and power outages. But behind that tech is a team of engineers, product leaders, and operators who care deeply about how we work—and who we work with.
In our recent panel, Engineering a Resilient Future, four of Overstory’s senior leaders came together to share what leadership looks like in climate tech, how we scale while staying true to our values, and why we’re growing a team rooted in curiosity, humility, and collaboration.
Whether you're actively exploring new roles or simply curious about how we approach engineering leadership, here are a few takeaways from the conversation.
1. Collaborating with curiosity
At Overstory, we don’t expect leaders to know everything. We expect them to ask great questions and lift others up.
“If you're a leader who pretends you know everything—that's a recipe for failure. Humility, I think, is a really important trait. You need to bring your experience and your judgment and your boldness every day to help everyone rise up and make the right decisions.”
—Fiona Spruill, CEO
Curiosity shows up in how we build, how we grow, and how we support one another. It’s how we stay aligned with our mission and nimble enough to innovate quickly.
2. Empowering others to grow
Technical excellence is essential. But our most impactful leaders empower others to succeed rather than solving everything themselves.
“Empowering engineers and trusting them to do great things is more important than going deep in the technology and fixing the problem yourself.”
—Edoardo Tosca, Head of Platform
We invest in strong systems and strong relationships, creating space for autonomy, ownership, and smart risk-taking.
3. Building a mission-driven team
Overstory is remote-first, fast-moving, and deeply collaborative. But what stands out most is how people treat each other.
“Being able to do really important and impactful work with people who are just a joy to work with, who you have fun with—that makes it easy.”
—Peternille Dekker, Head of People
We’ve built a culture that balances speed with thoughtfulness and clarity with care.
“What’s exciting about this next phase is that we’re creating space for both rapid prototyping and long-term engineering quality. We’re growing, and getting better as we grow.”
—Heather Moore, VP of Engineering
Ready to join us?
We’re always looking for curious, mission-driven engineers and technical leaders who want to build meaningful technology and grow alongside a collaborative team.
If you’re excited about scaling impactful systems, solving complex challenges, and contributing to a more climate-resilient world, we’d love to hear from you.
