Director of Engineering bei CMTelematics

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 looking for a collaborative and product-minded Director of Engineering to lead the Crash & Claims business area. The goal of Crash & Claims is to fundamentally 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, creating a modern, self-service consumer claims experience by seamlessly integrating with insurers' digital ecosystems, and expanding partnerships to enhance our crash detection capabilities. The Director will work closely with cross functional engineering and product teams across the company to help shape the product roadmap and advance CMT’s mission of safer roads and driving.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Set the technical vision and strategy for the engineering team within the business area, ensuring it aligns with the company's business goals. Translate customer and product-driven requirements into actionable development plans, prioritizing features based on impact and feasibility while ensuring reliability and scalability of the underlying engineering platform. 
• Team Management and Development: Hire, mentor, and manage a team. This includes performance reviews, developing career plans, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
• Technical Oversight: Oversee the technology stack, from backend services and databases to frontend web and mobile applications. Help make key architectural decisions, ensuring scalability, performance, and security across all products.
• Quality and Reliability: Ensuring the delivery of high-quality, reliable products is a core responsibility. This includes setting standards for code quality, system uptime, and incident response protocols.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: The director works closely with product management, design, and other business units to define requirements, prioritize features, and ensure the engineering team is building the right things efficiently.
• Communication: The director acts as a key communicator, reporting on engineering progress to executive leadership and stakeholders, while also ensuring clear communication within the engineering team.
• Process Improvement: Define and optimize the software development lifecycle (SDLC), implementing changes in processes, incorporating practices in agile methodologies, code reviews, testing, and deployment processes as needed.
• Innovation: Foster an environment of innovation, especially those in the AI/LLM space, by encouraging the exploration of new technologies and approaches to keep the product competitive and the team engaged.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical risks, such as security vulnerabilities, technical debt, and potential scalability bottlenecks, to ensure the long-term health of the product.

Qualifications:

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

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

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 www.cmtelematics.com and follow us on X @cmtelematics.