FinOps engineer
Core
Lead cloud and infrastructure financial management, driving cost transparency, optimization, and data-driven decision-making across GCP, AWS, and on-prem environments.
Role type
Senior FinOps Engineer (IC)
Builds
Cloud cost optimization strategies, forecasting models, dashboards, automated reporting, tagging standards, and internal tooling for cost monitoring.
Domain
Cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, on-prem) and Kubernetes
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Cloud cost optimization, Kubernetes resource management, SQL-based data pipelines, cloud cost tooling (BigQuery, AWS CUR, Kubecost), cross-functional stakeholder influence, financial modeling, automation scripting
Preferred skills
FinOps Framework knowledge, Terraform/Helm/GitOps, chargeback/showback models, multi-cloud architecture
Technologies
GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, BigQuery, Kubecost, CloudHealth, SQL
Responsibilities
Lead cloud cost optimization strategy; Analyze compute/storage/networking/K8s usage for savings; Build forecasting models and dashboards; Develop tagging and governance policies; Collaborate on workload placement and architecture; Drive FinOps best practices adoption; Create automation for cost monitoring and anomaly detection; Advocate for cost-aware culture through training and reviews.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC