Director of Engineering - Cambridge, MA

Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) is the world's largest telematics service provider. Its mission is to make the world's roads and drivers safer. The company's AI-driven platform, DriveWell Fusion, gathers sensor data from millions of IoT devices — including smartphones, propriet ...

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Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) is the world's largest telematics service provider. Its mission is to make the world's roads and drivers safer. The company's AI-driven platform, DriveWell Fusion, gathers sensor data from millions of IoT devices — including smartphones, proprietary Tags, connected vehicles, dashcams, and third-party devices — and fuses them with contextual data to create a unified view of vehicle and driver behavior. Auto insurers, automakers, commercial mobility companies, and the public sector use insights from CMT's platform to power risk assessment, safety, claims, and driver improvement programs. Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with offices in Budapest, Chennai, Seattle, Tokyo, and Zagreb, CMT measures and protects tens of millions of drivers across the world every day.

CMT is seeking a collaborative, product-oriented Director of Engineering to lead our Cloud Infrastructure team. This team builds and evolves CMT's foundational platform services, delivering a robust, secure, and scalable foundation that powers all of our telematics products. As Director, you'll partner closely with cross-functional engineering and product leaders across the company to define and drive the team's technical roadmap.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and provide team leadership to the Engineering function. This includes providing support on tactical team items and providing guidance to grow team members within their own careers
• Identify, recruit and maintain a top talent team, managing 2+ direct reports
• Implement and refine the processes and structure to achieve measurable operational excellence and output
• Identify and mentor new and existing team members and assists to help scale the company
• Help advance the personal development, experience and knowledge of your team members
• Lead the development, release, and maintenance of TrueMotion backend platform
• Manage team output, velocity to help forecast and plan upcoming work against capacity
• Implement team structure, that best fits company priorities and culture
• Inspire a culture that is fun to work in
• Communicate and collaborate with other teams, managers, contractors, and customers
• Be the voice and heart of your team
• Complete any additional tasks as they arise

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience and/or certification in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or Engineering
• 9+ years of relevant working experience in engineering
• 5+ years of management responsibility
• Excellent coding skills history in at least one programming language
• Experience with building, running, and operating a highly scalable SaaS platform
• Leadership skills necessary to manage and develop a team
• Organizational competencies and project management skills to keep projects, processes, and the entire engineering team on track
• Self-motivated attitude with the ability to multitask and thrive in a timeline-driven environment
• Interpersonal communication skills with expertise in distilling complicated topics to a broader audience
• Team player and experienced at managing and running SCRUM teams
• Working in international environment, communicating with teams overseas

Nice to Haves:

• Hands-on familiarity with cloud-native architectures (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), and distributed systems
• Track record of improving developer productivity through CI/CD, observability, or internal developer platform initiatives
• Experience managing technical transitions such as monolith-to-microservices, cloud migration, or major data store rearchitecture
• Exposure to real-time data processing, streaming technologies (Kafka, Flink, Spark), or telemetry data pipelines
• Deep understanding of security, compliance, and privacy best practices for enterprise or regulated environments

Compensation and Benefits:

• Fair and competitive salary based on skills and experience, and annual performance bonus
• Equity may be awarded in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, matching 401k, short-term & long-term disability and parental leave
• Unlimited Paid Time Off including vacation, sick days & public holidays
• Flexible scheduling and work from home policy depending on role and responsibilities

Base Salary Range

• The base salary range for this position is:  216,300 to 270,400.  This range is specifically for Cambridge, MA

Additional Perks:

• Feel great working to improve road safety around the world
• Join one of our many employee resource groups including Black, AAPI, LGBTQIA+, Women, Book Club and Health & Wellness
• Extensive wellness, education and employee assistance programs
• CMT will do all that is possible to support our employees and create a positive and inclusive work environment for all

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

At CMT, we believe the best ideas come from a mix of backgrounds and perspectives. 

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a workplace and culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their unique talents and perspectives. Diversity is essential to our success, and we actively seek candidates from all backgrounds to join our growing team. 

We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability state. CMT is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. To learn more, visit and follow us on X @cmtelematics.