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, and internal tooling for cost monitoring and anomaly detection.
Domain
Cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Kubernetes) and financial operations
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud cost optimization, Kubernetes resource management, SQL-based data pipelines, cloud cost tooling (BigQuery, AWS CUR, Kubecost), cross-functional stakeholder influence, data analytics, financial modeling
Preferred skills
FinOps Framework practices, Terraform/Helm/GitOps automation, gaming/SaaS industry experience, cloud architecture background
Technologies
GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, BigQuery, Kubecost, CloudHealth, SQL
Responsibilities
Lead cloud cost optimization strategy; analyze compute/storage/networking usage to identify savings; build forecasting models and dashboards; develop tagging/budgeting/governance policies; collaborate on workload placement and architecture; drive FinOps best practices adoption; create automation for cost monitoring; advocate for cost-aware culture
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
