Principal Data Engineer

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 worldwide every day.

CMT is looking for a collaborative, customer-committed, and creative Principal Data Engineer who wants to join us in making roads safer by making drivers better!

Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and create data architecture within the engineering team, focusing on new Geospatial data initiatives and a Geospatial Data Lake
• Develop innovative solutions to address complex technical problems, particularly in the realm of geospatial data, data engineering, and novel solutions that contribute to a new line of business for CMT’s Public Sector
• Assume a leadership role in code and design reviews, specializing in data engineering and data processing code for our high scale multi-layer Geospatial data pipeline
• Drive full-stack design and development, emphasizing maintainability, usability, scalability, and performance. You will lead our Geospatial Data Lake data engineering efforts
• Collaborate with product managers and data scientists to understand the business direction and architect data platforms optimally for efficient data processing and new feature development
• Collaborate with the engineering teams developing CMT’s new products in the Public Sector to start, as well as those in other markets
• Work closely with other technical leads and stakeholders to develop project plans, resource planning, and execution strategies
• Tackle significant and unique issues in data engineering, where the analysis of situations and data requires evaluations of intangible factors
• Provide essential support and troubleshoot production issues within data engineering systems, including potential on-call responsibilities
• Adhere and contribute to the company's development and operational standards and processes 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience and/or certification
• 9+ years of relevant working experience
• Proven expertise in development at scale, focusing on high throughput and low latency, particularly in the context of data-intensive applications
• Proficiency in one or more of Python, Ruby, Java, or C++, with a willingness to expand knowledge
• Experience with continuous deployment and test-driven development (TDD)
• Strong development skills in Python (JavaScript knowledge is optional)
• Experience with Big Data technologies including Spark, Redshift, Glue, Apache Parquet, and Sedona
• Experience with geospatial data and indexing (H3, Quadbin)  preferred
• Comfortable working with AWS services, including EC2, S3, Lambda, SNS, SQS, and RDS (Postgres), as well as NoSQL databases
• Proficient in creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and AWS deployment descriptors with CloudFormation
• Knowledgeable in containerization technologies, specifically Docker
• Hands-on experience in developing web applications, including HTTP REST backends and Angular frontends, with a focus on data-driven features and reporting

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.”