Director of Engineering

Overview

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, Drive Well 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.

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 and product-minded Director of Engineering to lead the Crash & Claims business area. The goal of Crash & Claims is to transform the insurance claims process by leveraging AI and generative AI to create a telematics-enabled Crash & Claims system. Goals include automating the entire claims lifecycle, delivering a modern, self-service consumer claims experience by seamlessly integrating with insurers’ digital ecosystems, and expanding partnerships to enhance crash detection capabilities.

The Director will work closely with cross‑functional engineering and product teams to shape the product roadmap and advance CMT’s mission of safer roads and driving.

• Strategic Leadership
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  Set the technical vision and strategy for the engineering team within the business area, ensuring alignment with company goals. Translate customer and product-driven requirements into actionable development plans, prioritizing features by impact and feasibility, while ensuring reliability and scalability of the engineering platform.
• Team Management and Development
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  Hire, mentor, and manage a team, including performance reviews, career planning, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
• Technical Oversight
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  Oversee the technology stack from backend services and databases to frontend web and mobile applications. Make key architectural decisions to ensure scalability, performance, and security across products.
• Quality and Reliability
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  Ensure delivery of high-quality, reliable products by setting standards for code quality, system uptime, and incident response.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
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  Work with product management, design, and other business units to define requirements, prioritize features, and ensure efficient execution.
• Communication
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  Report on engineering progress to executive leadership and stakeholders, and maintain clear communication within the engineering team.
• Process Improvement
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  Define and optimize the software development lifecycle (SDLC), incorporating agile practices, code reviews, testing, and deployment improvements as needed.
• Innovation
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  Foster innovation, particularly in the AI/LLM space, encouraging exploration of new technologies to keep the product competitive and the team engaged.
• Risk Management
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  Identify and mitigate technical risks such as security vulnerabilities, technical debt, and scalability bottlenecks to sustain long-term product health.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of software development experience, including at least 5 years in a leadership or management role, preferably in backend development.
• Strong understanding of CS concepts and proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Swift, Kotlin).
• Experience working cross-functionally with product management, data science, cloud engineering, and customer solutions teams.
• Experience building and developing an engineering team or organization.
• Excellent problem-solving and leadership skills for resolving complex technical challenges.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for collaboration across diverse teams.
• Knowledge of telematics, automotive technology, or connected devices (IoT) is a plus.

• Fair and competitive salary based on skills and experience, plus 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
• Flexible scheduling and work-from-home policy depending on role and responsibilities