Senior Manager of Engineering, Platform

CMT is seeking a collaborative, product-oriented Sr Manager 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. You’ll partner closely with cross-functional engineering and product leaders across the company to define and drive the team's technical roadmap.

CMT is looking for a Senior Manager of Engineering, Platform to help us change the world. CMT has helped protect over 65 million drivers and prevent over 126,000 crashes worldwide. We build AI to solve some of the most difficult challenges in mobility — understanding and reducing risk, detecting crashes, and getting people life-saving help. The problems are hard. The impact is real. No matter your role, your work will matter at CMT.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Set the technical vision and strategy for the engineering team, ensuring it aligns with the company's business goal, maintaining the 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, including backend services and databases and guide key architectural decisions, ensuring scalability, performance, and security across all systems.
• Quality and Reliability: Ensure 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: Partner with SRE and product engineering managers across all business units to define requirements, prioritize features, and ensure the engineering team is building the right things efficiently.
• Communication: Act as a key communicator, reporting on engineering progress to executive leadership and stakeholders, while also ensuring clear communication within the engineering team.
• Process Improvement: Continuously refine SDLC practices, implementing Agile, CI/CD, and testing best practices to optimize delivery velocity and quality.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks, including security vulnerabilities, scalability constraints, and technical debt to ensure long-term platform stability.

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 engineering management, product management, data science, and customer facing 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.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, fostering clarity, trust, and accountability.
• Knowledge of telematics, automotive technology, or connected devices (IoT) is a plus.

Nice to Have:

• 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

• The base salary range for this position is: $186,500 to $233,100. This range is specifically for Cambridge, MA

Additional Perks:

• Work on a mission with real impact: crashes prevented, injuries avoided, lives protected around the world
• Join an industry leader — 65 million drivers protected, powering 140+ programs across 25 countries
• Be part of the team inventing the future of mobility and road safety
• Move fast, own outcomes, do work that matters
• High ownership, small teams, and direct access to leadership — no layers between your work and its impact
• Unlimited PTO, flexible scheduling, competitive salary, annual performance bonus, RSUs, and full benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401k match
• Summer Fridays
• Join one of our employee resource groups: Black, AAPI, LGBTQIA+, Women, Book Club, and Health & Wellness
• Comprehensive wellness, education, and employee assistance programs

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.

About Cambridge Mobile Telematics:

Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) is the world’s largest telematics and AI company for safer mobility. Its mission is to make the world’s roads and drivers safer. The company’s AI-driven platform, DriveWell Fusion®, proactively identifies and reduces driving risk, leading to fewer crashes and injuries. To date, CMT’s technology has helped prevent over 126,000 crashes worldwide. CMT enables partners to measure risk, detect crashes, provide life-saving assistance, and streamline claims. Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, CMT operates globally with offices in Budapest, Hungary; Chennai, India; Seattle, Washington; Tokyo, Japan; and Zagreb, Croatia. Learn more at www.cmt.ai.