Principal Solutions Architect

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.

As a Principal Solutions Architect at CMT, you’ll play a critical role in shaping and delivering end-to-end solutions for our insurance partners and enterprise clients. You’ll exercise independent judgment and discretion while leading discovery, architecture, and integration planning—translating complex business goals into scalable, technical implementations using CMT’s mobile telematics platform. Acting as a strategic technical advisor, you’ll collaborate across product, engineering, sales, and delivery teams to design complex solutions that are both customer-aligned and technically sound. This is a high-impact, client-facing role for someone who thrives at the intersection of business needs and technical execution.

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

Responsibilities:

• Meet with clients to understand their business vision and document business requirements and a delivery plan for solutions leveraging CMT Products
• Work with insurer teams and associates to plan the best launch strategy
• Use independent judgment and discretion to negotiate technical solutions that support a balance between best serving our customers and also ideal for CMT
• Find creative and unique solutions to solve complex problems
• Develop, guide, and design the solution architecture for projects to be delivered by internal delivery teams or a solution partner team
• Serve as the point of contact person for internal and external teams for integration architecture
• Analyze proposed solutions for integrations with insurer systems and third parties
• Recommend solutions with an eye to future scalability, performance, maintenance, and usage
• Cooperate with sales and solution partners by proposing solutions, demonstrating the technology, helping respond to RFPs, and serving as an SME for subsequent questions
• As a subject matter expert, you will be responsible for educating and guiding decisions made by internal teams, solution partners, and customer technical teams
• Provide guidance and mentorship for other solution architects
• Ability to travel as needed
• Complete any additional tasks as they arise

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience and/or certification in Engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics
• 7+ years of relevant working experience with proven success in delivering SaaS based software projects on time, in scope, and to customer business goals
• Experience working in the automotive insurance industry, developing a strategy or technical solutions for underwriting product(s) and/or automobile claims
• Experience with designing enterprise solutions across Mobile (native iOS and Android) and back-end technologies running on the public cloud at consumer scale is a plus
• Customer-focused, with experience working with internal software teams in a scrum process and cadence
• Ability to think about the entire solution to solve the current business objectives with an eye for scaling
• Experience in leading technical meetings with internal and customer teams
• Ability to scope and document requirements, stories, and solution architectures
• Ability to estimate, plan, and create milestones leading to the complete project
• Experience with SaaS platforms, ideally at consumer scale
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Willing and able to work in person in our Cambridge office three times per week

Nice to Haves:

• Master's degree preferred

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: $117,300 to $146,600.  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 www.cmtelematics.com and follow us on X @cmtelematics.