Cloud FinOps Engineer
Core
Hands-on technical role focused on optimizing cloud costs, strengthening governance, and fostering a cost-aware culture to help engineering teams make better cloud cost decisions without slowing delivery.
Role type
Cloud FinOps Engineer
Builds
Reporting dashboards, actionable insights on cloud spending, automated governance policies, and cost-efficient architectural solutions.
Domain
Cloud Computing / FinOps / Data Analysis
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud cost management tools (AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing), scripting/coding (Python, Bash), data analysis and BI dashboarding (SQL, BigQuery, Looker, Tableau), FinOps practices and corporate accounting processes (forecasting, chargeback, accruals), AI tooling for automation.
Preferred skills
FinOps for AI, managing AI/ML inference costs, API consumption, token-based pricing, agentic AI solutions.
Technologies
AWS, GCP, Azure, Python, Bash, Quicksight, Athena, BigQuery, Looker, Tableau, SQL.
Responsibilities
Drive cloud cost optimization (rightsizing, waste reduction, commitment-based savings); Develop reporting dashboards and insights on cloud spending; Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, and Finance to align resource usage with budgets; Participate in architecture reviews for cost-efficient solutions; Automate FinOps governance policies and processes; Investigate and fix cost anomalies; Promote cost-aware culture through workshops.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
