FinOps Engineer

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain cloud cost visibility by implementing tagging strategies, cost allocation models, and comprehensive billing analysis across multi-cloud environments.
• Identify and drive cost optimization opportunities, including reserved instances, savings plans, right-sizing recommendations, and architectural improvements.
• Develop and automate FinOps processes such as cost forecasting, anomaly detection, and budget management.
• Partner with Platform Engineering, DevOps, and product teams to balance cost efficiency with performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports that communicate cloud spend trends, forecasts, and cost drivers to engineering and finance stakeholders.
• Establish and continually refine FinOps governance policies, guardrails, and best practices to ensure consistent cloud usage and cost discipline.
• Build and maintain effective relationships between technical and financial teams to align cloud investments with business objectives and priorities.
• Leverage AI-powered analytics and automation tools to surface optimization opportunities, detect anomalies in cloud spend, and continuously improve FinOps workflows.
• Continuously analyze usage patterns and partner with teams to design experiments or pilots that validate new optimization approaches while protecting customer experience.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices in production environments.
• Proficiency with at least one major cloud billing and cost analysis tool (for example, AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, or GCP Billing).
• Proficiency in scripting or programming (such as Python, Bash, or Go) to automate workflows and leverage AI tools to analyze cloud spend, detect anomalies, and streamline FinOps processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret cloud billing data and infrastructure metrics to drive actionable recommendations.
• Clear, concise communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical and financial concepts to diverse, cross-functional stakeholders in a fully remote, distributed environment.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience operating in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).
• Familiarity with the FinOps Foundation framework and the FOCUS billing taxonomy.
• Experience with cloud monitoring and observability platforms (such as Datadog, New Relic, or Prometheus).
• Background in financial analysis, accounting, or business intelligence.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools and modern version control workflows.
• FinOps Practitioner or major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) cost management certification.