Senior Backend Engineer, Cloud Cost & Capacity
Core
Design and build backend services, data pipelines, and internal applications to optimize cloud infrastructure costs, resource utilization, and capacity planning.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Cloud Cost & Capacity)
Builds
Production-grade backend services, data pipelines, cost attribution models, and capacity planning tools for Google Cloud infrastructure.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / FinOps / Data Engineering
Required skills
Backend development, SQL, Cloud billing data processing, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Go or Python, Scalable data pipelines, Capacity planning, Cost modeling
Preferred skills
FinOps principles, OpenCost/Kubecost, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Data visualization (Looker/Grafana), AI-powered tools integration
Technologies
Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, GKE, OpenCost, Terraform, Go, Python, Ruby
Responsibilities
Design and maintain backend services for cloud cost visibility and resource attribution; Build data pipelines processing GCP billing and telemetry data; Develop cost attribution models for GKE clusters; Implement capacity planning and demand forecasting tools; Replace manual reporting with automated software solutions; Establish technical architecture and engineering standards for the new capability.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with ownership of new capability
